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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1896

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

Published
1897
Pages
68
Tables
66

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    LIST OF ATTENDANCES OF MEMBERS AT DURING the YEAR ENDED 25th MARCH, 1897. ST. SAVIOUR.
    NAMES OF MEMBERS.Board Meetings.Paving & General Purposes Committee Meetings.Sanitary and Sewers Committee Meetings.Finance Committee Meetings.Meetings of Special Committees.Totals.Date of First Election.When last Re-elected.
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    BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS nd DATES of THEIR SEVERAL ELECTIONS. CHRISTCHURCH.
    NAMES OF MEMBERS.Hoard Meetings.Paving & General Purposes Committee Meetings.Sanitary and Sewers Committee Meetings.Finance Committee Meetings.Meetings of Special Committees.Totals.Date of First Election.When last Re-elected.
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    NUMBER OF MEETINGS HELD DURING THE YEAR.
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    The St. Saviour's District comprises the Parishes of St. Saviour and Christchurch, in the County of Surrey, and forms part of the Administrative County of London.
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    POPULATION (a).
    1861.1871.1881.1891.1896.
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    INHABITED HOUSES.
    1861.1871.1881.1891.
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    RATEABLE VALUE. Of the St. Saviour's District during the past three years.
    £
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    STATEMENT of Sums levied in the St. Saviour's District by the School Board for London since its establishment in the year 1870, and of the charges of the Returning Officer for the Expenses of the Triennial Elections.
    School Board.Returning Officer.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    "Our Surveyor has reported very fully on the matter, and we submit the following tabulated statement, extracted from his report, showing the effect of the proposed additional widenings, that is to say, the width before the widenings sanctioned by the Act of 1896, the extended width of those now in progress, and that of the arches with the additional widenings now proposed, viz.:—
    Situation.Width in 1895.Widened in 1896 toProposed farther widening.
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    Situation.Width in 1895.Widened in 1896 toProposed further widening.
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    Footways.
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    The following works have been executed in the repairing and maintaining of the carriageways in the district:—
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    Carriageways.
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    Footways.
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    Carriageways.
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    Footways.
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    Carriageways.
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    Footways.
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    Carriageways.
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    Footways.
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    Carriageways.
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    Footways.
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    Carriageways.
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    Footways.
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    Carriageways.
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    Carriageways.
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    The amount received for reinstating footways and carriageway trenches after openings made by Water, Gas, Electric Light and other Companies, are as follows:—
    £s.d.
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    The sums expended on carriageway and footway paving works executed by ourselves, including estimated works, repairs, and reinstating Gas, Water and other Companies trenches, and the whole of the materials purchased and repairs to plant during the year is as follows, and for a portion of which we received from various companies, &c., the sum of £017 2s. 11d.
    £s.d.
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    ESTIMATED WORKS.
    Name of Street.Description of Work.Estimated Cost.Actual Cost.Remarks.
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    The rate of wages paid to the workmen in the employ of the Board is as follows:—
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    SCAVENGING DEPARTMENT. Scavenging, &c., work for one year ending March, 1897.
    Scavenging.Dusting.Market.Watering.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Statement showing the weight of Refuse disposed of in each month during the year :—
    1896Market.Dust.Slop.
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Tons.Cwts.Qrs.Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
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    The following statement shows the amount of Trade Refuse collected in each month during the year:-
    1896Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
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    The following private connections have been made to the public sewers:—
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    The following is a list of the Concrete Flushing Tanks which have been constructed under my direction:—
    Where situate.Dimensions.Capacity in Gallons and Tons.No. of Outlets for flushing.
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    The following is a list of works executed in this District for which licenses have been obtained:—
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    According to age distribution the deaths are as follows:—
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    The subjoined statistics will give some idea as to the sanitary condition of these dwellings:—
    1896Mowbray Bldgs.St. Saviour's less Mowbray Bldgs.
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    The following is a general classification of the causes of death in the district in the form of a percentage of deaths from various classes of disease to the total deaths.
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    The following in a tabulated form will show the various causes of death:—
    Disease.St. Saviour.Christcharch.Workhouse.Outlying
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    5. Local.
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    These figures include 29 deaths of non-residents which took place in the district, which may be tabulated as under:—
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    ST. SAVIOUR-SUB-DISTRICT.
    Sex.Age.Verdict.
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    CHRISTCHURCH— SUB-DISTRICT.
    Sex.Age.Verdict.
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    In outlying Institutions belonging to St. Saviour.
    Sex.Age.Verdict.
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    Table of deaths during the Year 1896, in the St. Saviour (Metropolitan) District, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted or the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all Causes at subjoined Ages.(i)Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65,65 and upwards.12! 345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Fevers.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœ & Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, & Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Influenza.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.
    (a.)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
  • Page 47
    Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1896, in the St. Saviour, Southwark (Metropolitan) District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names op Lo-caltties adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sicxness in each Locality coming TO The Knowledge Of THE MEDICAL Officer Of HEALTH.Number of Such Cases Removed from their Homes In The SEVERAL LOCALITIES FOR TREATMENT IN Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 18961234567891011121312345678910111213
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fever.CholeraErysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsing.Puerperal.
    (a.)(b.)(c.)(d.)(e.)
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    Attended to by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1896.
    Total.
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    ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS, from ???5th March, 1896, to 25th March, 1897.
    RECEIPTS.PAYMENTS.
    To Balance, from last Year—£s.d.£s.d£s.d.£s.d.
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    RATAL ACCOUNTS. GENERAL PURPOSE??? ???SATE.
    Dr.Cr.
    £s.d£s.d.
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    STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT showing the ascertains ad estimated LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the Board on 25th March, 1897.
    LIABILITIES.ASSETS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    PUBLIC CONVENIENCES (No. 1) at East ???d of Southwark Street, Borough. Account of Receipts and Expenditure for ???ie Year ending 25th March, 1897.
    Dr.Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    PUBLIC CONVENIENCES (No. 2) at Wes??? of Southwark Street, Blackfriars Road. Account of Receipts and Expenditure from the opening ???ote 6th October, 1896, to the 25th March, 1897.
    Dr.Cr.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    LIST OF CONTRACTS. ASPHALTE PAVING.
    Date.Name of Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term.Amount.
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    LIST OF CONTRACTS. —c oniinued. ASPHALTE PAVING— continued.
    Date.Name of ContractorNature or Contract.Term.Amount.
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    LIST OF CONTRACTS. — continued. ASPHALTE PAVING— continued.
    Date.Name of ContractorNature or Contract.Term.Amount.