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Clerkenwell 1900

Report on the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of Clerkenwell [West Division, Borough of Finsbury] for the year 1900

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Inspector Longden's Report, No. 3 District:
142 dirty rooms and houses cleansed.
2 damp rooms remedied
7 cases of overcrowding abated.
6 underground rooms illegally
occupied abated.
1 animal kept so as to be a nuisance
abated.
4 defective doors remedied.
27 defective flooring of houses
remedied.
23 sash cords remedied.
41 defective water closets refitted.
129 defective water apparatus to
water closets remedied.
7 defective pans to water closets
remedied.
93 foul water closets cleansed.
72 water closets unstopped.
4 dirty walls of water closet cleansed.
1 external ventilation to water closet
provided.
23 additional water closets provided
or numbers reduced.
7 defective soil pipes remedied.
1 soil pipe improperly ventilated
remedied.
25 defective paving of yards
remedied.
46 dirty yards limewhited.
38 defective sink wastes remedied.
24 foul cisterns cleansed.
14 defective covers to cisterns
remedied.
25 new dust bins provided.
43 defective dust bins repaired.
9 inlets to drains improperly trapped
remedied.
44 defective drains remedied or reconstructed.
21 choked drains unstopped.
8 rain water pipes disconnected from
the drain.
25 defective rain water pipes remedied.
7 defective gutterings repaired.
61 defective roofs repaired.
5 defective ceilings repaired.
5 water supplies to houses provided.
13 water pipes and fittings repaired.
30 undrained and improperly paved
areas remedied.
10 dirty areas limewhited.
9 defective paving of washhouses
remedied.
21 walls and ceilings of washhouses
cleansed.
7 spaces under floors ventilated.
12 basements limewhited.
22 workshops cleansed.
37 accumulation of refuse removed.
59 miscellaneous.
34 cases of scarlet fever investigated
and reported upon
26 ,, diphtheria ,,
12 ,, enteric fever ,,
19 ,, erysipelas ,,
1 case of membranous croup ,,
1 ,, puerperal fever. „
230 houses visited upon complaint
and infectious disease.
297 house-to-house inspections.
2960 re-visits.
590 intimation notices served.
149 statutory notices served.