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Holborn 1896
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1896
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the Act. In several points these are below the standard of the bye-laws
now generally adopted.
The advantages to be obtained by enforcing such registration and
regulations are—the greater facility of ensuring and maintaining the
proper cleanliness of the passages, areas, basements, and rooms of such
houses, and their proper ventilation more effectually promoted; overcrowding
is more easily detected and dealt with, and by their regular
inspection other sanitary defects can be more promptly remedied, and
additional precautions in case of any infectious disease secured.
In every district where bye-laws or regulations have been given a
fair trial by having a sufficient staff to adequately enforce them, experience
has shown that they are of great value in remedying the insanitary
conditions just mentioned ; most of which can only with difficulty be
dealt with under the general provisions of the "Public Health Act."
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
| 18 Fulwood's Rents, Holborn | 50 lodgers |
| 20 Fulwood's Rents, „ | 114 „ |
| 40 Eagle Street, „ | 50 „ |
| 7 Castle Street, „ | 57 „ |
| 12 Took's Court, „ | 70 „ |
| 19 Fulwood's Rents „ | 32 „ |
| 13 Took's Court, „ | 61 „ |
| 4 Greville Street, „ | 55 „ |
| 7 Little Saffron Hill, „ | 12 „ |
| 65 Mount Pleasant, „ | 9 „ |
| 39 Hatton Wall, „ | 101 „ |
| 28 Red Lion Square, „ | 70 „ |
These are under the supervision of the London County Council.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL INQUIRY.
This occupied much of the time of the Health Department.
The consideration of the report on this Inquiry was adjourned to the
beginning of this year, see page 42.