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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Saviour's (Southwark) 1887

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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COMPARISON OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
births.
deaths.
Christchurch
217
215
„
Females
246
151
-
403
-
300
Excess of Births
97
St. Saviour
249
195
„
Females
256
152
505
347
„
158
968
713
„
255
COWHOUSES AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES
Cowhouses.
Name of Person Licensed.
Premises Licensed.
Thompson, Farnham
No. 5, Holland Street.
Tilt, Elizabeth A
No. 28, Cross Street.
Slaughterhouses.
Name of Person Licensed.
Premises Licensed.
Skeffington, John
No. 57, Sumner Street.
„ „
Nos. 5 & 6, Cross Street.
Previous to the annual licensing I inspected the Slaughterhouses
and Cowhouses, and found them in a satisfactory
condition, and on my report to this effect, the Magistrates
renewed the licenses to the applicants.
Bakehouses.
I inspected the Bakehouses on the 6th June. With one
exception they were in conformity with the Act of Parliament.
Removals to Mortuary.
In the year under notice ten bodies were removed to the
Mortuary. Inquests were held on each, and the following
verdicts returned.