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 Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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77 gully traps provided in lieu of bell traps.
56 defective pavings remedied.
33 dustbins provided or repaired
12 defective roofs repaired.
7 illegal kitchens emptied or made to comply with the Act.
60 cases of overcrowding abated.
1 cesspool abolished
8 accumulations of rubbish removed.
59 defective water supplies remedied.
10 nuisances from keeping animals abated.
7 smoke nuisances remedied.
4 dead bodies removed from rooms where persons live.
9 percolations of water remedied
2 houses condemned as uninhabitable.
1 nuisance from urinal abated.
2 nuisances from fish frying abated.
7 accumulations of dung removed.
77 fumigations after 79 cases of scarlet fever, 9 typhoid and 15
diphtheria.
597 preliminary notices were served.
250 statutory notices were served.
93 notices were served under registered regulations.
11 summonses were taken out under the Metropolis Local
ment Act, fines inflicted £35 7s.
4 summonses under the Nuisance Removal Act, costs recovered
£2 6s.
1 3 summonses were taken out under the Food and Drugs Act, fines
inflicted £17 9s.
2 summonses were taken out under Registered Regulations, fines
inflicted £6 8s.
In the subjoined table will be found the number of cases of zymotics diseases sent from the various Parishes of the Metropolis during the year: —
District. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Diphtheria. | Total. | Population in 1881. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kensington | 1 | 196 | 12 | ... | 18 | 227 | 163,151 |
Battersea | 4 | 113 | 19 | ... | 1 | 137 | 107,262 |
Bermondsey | ... | 42 | 8 | ... | 1 | 51 | 86,652 |
Bethnal Green | 10 | 115 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 182 | 126,961 |
Camberwell | 2 | 228 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 253 | 186,593 |
Chelsea | ... | 130 | 5 | ... | 2 | 137 | 88,101 |
Clerkenwell | 1 | 145 | 7 | ... | ... | 153 | 69,076 |
Fulham | 1 | 71 | 16 | ... | 1 | 89 | 49,900 |
Greenwich | 7 | 141 | 24 | 1 | ... | 173 | 131,233 |
Hackney | ... | 241 | 36 | ... | 2 | 279 | 186,462 |
Hammersmith | ... | 93 | 8 | ... | 3 | 104 | 71,939 |
Hampstead | ... | 21 | ... | ... | 1 | 22 | 45,452 |
Holborn | 2 | 83 | 13 | ... | ... | 97 | 35,258 |
Islington | ... | 187 | 48 | ... | 1 | 237 | 282,865 |
Lambeth | 1 | 425 | 17 | ... | 11 | 454 | 253,699 |
Lewisham | ... | 71 | 3 | ... | ... | 74 | 53,065 |
Limehouse | 1 | 26 | 7 | ... | 2 | 36 | 58,543 |
Mile End | 9 | 85 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 114 | 105,573 |
Newington | ... | 91 | 3 | ... | 1 | 95 | 107,850 |
Paddington | 1 | 109 | 2 | ... | 5 | 117 | 107,218 |
Plumstead | ... | 52 | 5 | ... | ... | 57 | 33,250 |
Poplar | 6 | 158 | 65 | 1 | 3 | 233 | 156,510 |
Rotherhithe | ... | 13 | 11 | ... | ... | 24 | 36,025 |
Shoreditch | ... | 103 | 39 | ... | ... | 142 | 126,591 |
St. George-in-the-East | 5 | 41 | 10 | ... | 5 | 61 | 47,157 |
St. George, Hanover Sqnare | 1 | 87 | 4 | ... | 1 | 93 | 89,573 |
St. George-the-Martyr, Southwk | ... | 68 | 5 | 1 | ... | 74 | 58,652 |
St. Giles, Bloomsbury | ... | 50 | 2 | ... | ... | 52 | 45,382 |
St. James, Westminster | ... | 55 | 3 | ... | ... | 58 | 29,941 |
St. Luke, Middlesex | ... | 103 | 8 | ... | ... | 111 | 46,849 |
St. Martin-in-the-Fields | ... | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 22 | 17,508 |
St. Marylebone | ... | 148 | 11 | ... | ... | 159 | 154,910 |
St. Olave, Southwark | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | 9 | 11,957 |
St. Pancras | 6 | 385 | 13 | ... | 3 | 407 | 236,258 |
St. Saviour, Southwark | ... | 34 | 2 | ... | 1 | 37 | 28,662 |
Strand | ... | 46 | 4 | ... | ... | 50 | 32,587 |
Wandsworth | 3 | 200 | 33 | ... | 2 | 247 | 103,172 |
Westminster | ... | 73 | ... | ... | 2 | 75 | 59,926 |
Whitechapel | 1 | 109 | 5 | ... | 4 | 119 | 70,435 |
Woolwich | ... | 31 | 5 | 1 | ... | 37 | 36,665 |
City of London | 1 | 62 | 1 | ... | 64 | ||
Outside Registration District | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
Totals | 64 | 4498 | 502 | 8 | 91 | 5163 |