Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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SAINT SAVIOUR'S DISTRICT.
Population at Census, 1851, 35,731.
Houses inspected and improved and Nuisances removed in the Parish of Saint Saviour, Southwark, from the 1st of January, 1859, to December, 31st, inclusive.
Number of houses inspected. | Number of notices issued | Cesspools emptied, filled up, and drained into sewer. | Cesspools emptied drainage not available. | Privies cleansed, panned, and trapped, | Summonses heard by Magistrate. | Sinks in yards trapped. | Yards repaved. | Dust bins erected. | Unwholesome fruit. | Dilapidated houses taken down. | Dung and filth removed. | Dirty houses lime-wliited and properly cleansed. | Number of dust complaints andneglects of the dustmen attended to. | Number of visits paid, (approximate). | No privy accommodation. | Ventilated houses | Defective drainage inspected and made good. | Open sewer under dwelling houses properly cohered over. |
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250 | 130 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 650 | 700 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 2 |
* Of this number only 4 were admitted from St. Saviour's District.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
Christchurch
698
400
Saint Saviour
692
470
1390
870
Excess of Births over Deaths
520