London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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St James's 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]

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think it would be most unjust to apply Torrens'
Act in this Parish as it has been in other parishes.
At the same time I would strongly recommend that
any measure brought before Parliament should
secure—
1. Whenever a population is removed from
the reason of overcrowding that there
should be provision made for taking
them to other lodgings.
2. That a proper compensation be given to
those whose property is destroyed by
removing the houses of the poor.
Zymotic Diseases.
The following table gives the fluctuations of
these diseases for the last 19 years:—

The deaths below the average for the last three years have been as follows:—

187168050 below average.
1872620110 ,,
1873629101 ,,
Total261 ,,