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St Giles (Camden) 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Limewhiting Courts.
The walls at the entrances to the following yards,
courts, mews, etc., in the District were twice cleansed and
limewhited during the year at a cost of £24 10s. 1d.:—
Calsen Yard. Neals Yard.
Compton Mews. New Yard.
Denmark Place. Nottingham Court
Dunns Passage. Plummers Court.
Halls Yard. Portsmouth Place.
Henrietta Mews. Sardinia Place.
Hunter Mews. Sardinia Street.
Kennedy Court. Silver Street.
Lascelles Court. Southampton Mews.
Middle Yard. Woburn Mews.
Underground Lavatories.
In my last report I gave an account of a week's
enumeration of the persons using the public Lavatories in
the district during the winter in January and February,
1898. A second enumeration was taken last summer
in the month of July, the result of which is shewn by the
following table:—
Table shewing the number of persons using the underground lavatories in the District from observations taken from the 11th to 17th July, 1898.
| Men's Lavatories. | Total number using convenience in one week. | Number using water closets. | Number using urinals. | Average per day of total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaftesbury Avenue | 10,804 | 1,399 | 9,405 | 1,543 |
| New Oxford Street | 31,539 | 3,441 | 28,098 | 4,505 |
| High Holborn | 14,317 | 1,620 | 12,697 | 2,045 |