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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Clerkenwell 1896
Forty-first annual report of the Vestry of the Parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell for the year 1896-97
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152 defective drains remedied,
199 dirty rooms and houses cleansed.
36 dilapidated houses repaired.
96 defective traps renewed.
144 defective pavings remedied
224 defective dustbins renewed
21 defective roofs repaired.
9 illegally occupied kitchens.
35 cases of overcrowding.
41 accumulations of rubbish removed.
9 water supplies reinstated.
3 dead bodies removed from rooms.
3 smoke nuisances abated.
5 dung receptacles provided.
29 choked w.c.'s unstopped.
26 workshops cleansed.
41 dirty cisterns cleansed.
14 defective stackpipes repaired.
8 foul urinals cleansed.
13 nuisances from animals.
90 dirty yards cleansed.
27 soilpipes ventilated and renewed.
34 sinks and wastes repaired.
242 fumigations : 2 small pox, 156 scarlet fever, 99 diphtheria,
23 typhoid, 0 Puerperal, 41 erysipelas.
49 summonses taken out ; 8 withdrawn; 2 dismissed; 3
defendants removed before hearing.
£ s. d.
1 under Metropolis Local Management Act,
fines and costs 2 2 0
5 under Margarine Act, ditto 2 0 6
13 under Food and Drugs Act, ditto 15 6 0
20 under Public Health Act, ditto 19 12 6
730 preliminary notices served.
234 statutory notices served.
683 houses visited on complaint,
2852 revisits.