Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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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Inspector Ensor's Report, 1896—No. 2 District.
13 reductions in number of occupants of houses.
85 new drains and defective drains repaired.
29 choked w.c.'s unstopped.
40 foul w.c. pans cleansed.
137 w.c.'s altered and amended.
60 w.c. water supplies provided.
184 yards, areas, washhouses and stables paved.
87 yards, areas, washhouses, stables, workshops and oasements
limewhited.
147 new gully traps provided.
113 sinks and stackpipes disconnected.
9 illegally occupied kitchens emptied.
156 dirty rooms and houses cleansed.
34 additional w.c.'s provided or number in house lessened.
83 floors, windows and roofs repaired.
247 new dustbins provided or old repaired.
32 accumulations of rubbish removed.
71 cisterns repaired and cleansed.
4 smoke nuisances abated.
7 soil pipes renewed or repaired
28 stackpipes repaired.
5 water supplies to houses reinstated.
9 water pipes repaired.
2 manholes repaired.
10 choked sinks unstopped.
2 dung receptacles provided.
1584 preliminary notices served.
97 statutory notices served.
744 houses visited on complaint.
2740 houses revisited.
18 summonses were taken out, 1 withdrawn and 1 dismissed.
14 under Food and Drugs Act, fines and costs, £13 9s. 6d.
2 under Public Health Act, fines 1s. and 20s. costs.
1 under the Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 2s. costs.
1 under Margarine Act, fine 10s. and 2s. costs.