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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

City of London 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894

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32
SHELTER FOR
TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION
DURING DISINFECTION.
Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sec. 60
(Sub-Sec. 4).
After much inquiry, labour, and disappointment,
the Sanitary Committee selected a new
commodious buiding at 6, Cotton Street,
Aldersgate Street, at a rental of £275 and
taxes, which, with the sanction of the Commissioners
of Sewers, was adapted for the
combined purposes of an office for the Sanitary
Inspectors, and a Shelter for persons temporarily
dispossessed of their homes during
disinfection of the same after infectious
disease.
The premises are large, light, and airy,
consisting of five floors and basement.
The Basement contains two kitchens, one
for the public and one for the caretaker, fitted
with cooking range, dresser, cupboards,
tables, benches, culinary utensils, and other