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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 1896
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1896
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Fifty-four places were so treated in the East
District; sixty-one in the Middle District; and
sixty-two in the West District.
In the same connection the entrances to
forty-seven courts were cleansed and limewashed
at the public expense, viz.: thirteen
in the East District; sixteen in the Middle
District; and eighteen in the West District.
The details of this work will be found in
Appendix B.
DEODORISING PUBLIC
ROADWAYS, CATCH-PITS AND
GULLIES.
During the summer months the public roadways,
catch-pits, and gullies have been
thoroughly deodorised, special attention being
given to those streets paved with wood, and to
the granite pavement in the neighbourhood of
Billingsgate Market.