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Annual Report of the Medical of Health-1892. 29
Special Reports.
During the latter part of the past year I have had the honour to present
??? ecial reports on the undermentioned subjects for the consideration of the Vestry:-
??? ne 14th- The desirability during the summer months of a more frequent and
thorough disingection, by means of disinfecting fluid an powder, of all roads,
streets, courts, alleys, gullies, urinals, and dust-bins.
July 2nd.- The disingectants used by the Vestry; The Drainage of Nos. 28, 30, and 32,
Old kent Road.
July 23.—Retail Bakehouses and their increased Inspection.
September 3rd.-Retail Bakehouses and their increased Inspection.
The extension of the pail-system of dust removal throughout the Parish.
September 24th.—Puerperal Fever; Cow and Slaughter-houses and Knacker's Yards.
October l5th.— The spread of Scarlet Fever in the district owing to a temporary
exhaustion of Hospital accommodation and the absence of a Reception House.
Proceedings taken under the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890
against the owner of Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks of Artizans' Buildings, Gun Street.
November 5.th.—Existing regulations for the drainage of New Building, and the
desirability of requiring owners, in the future, to show, by plan, the proposed
means of drain-ventilation for the approval of the Medical Officer of Health
prior to acceptance by the Sanitary Authority.
November 26th.—The Parish Premises and Apparatus used for the disinfection and
destruction of infected articles.
December 17th.—A proposed Reception House for the temporary shelter whilst
disinfection is pending—of the families of those suffering from infectious
diseases. The closure and demolition of uninhabitable City Corporation
Property, at No. 1 to 13, Jane Place, and Nos. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18
Leroy (late John) Street, Old Kent Road.
Mortuary and Coroner's Court.
Between March 25th, 1892, and March 25th, 1893, 181 corpses were received
??? t the Mortuary, where 82 "post mortems" were made, and 114 inquests were held
??? t the adjoining Coroner's Court.
During the corresponding period of 1891, 173 bodies were removd to the
Mortuary, 85, "post mortem " examinations were made, and 114 inquests held
The Mortuary has been thoroughly cleansed and white-limed by the attendant,
??? nd a sliding door—running on wheels—fixed between the "post mortem" room,
??? nd the chamber in which corpses are deposited. This arrangement effectually
separates the two apartments, so that relatives and friends can now view their dead
whilst a doctor is making, perchance, a "post mortem examination in the adjoining
room.
The Slaughter Houses and Knackers Yards.
These (for a list of which see Appendix A) have been regularly inspected and
found to be satisfactorily conducted. They number—owing to the voluntary closure
of two slaughter-houses previous to the granting of licenses in October, 1892-seven
against ten in 1882.