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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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EAST DISTRICT.
House to House Inspection, 1896.
| NAME OF STREET | No. of Houses. | Defects found. | Defects remedied. | New Drains constructed. | New W.C.'s fixed. | Premises Closed. | Skips provided. | Water disconnected from W.C. & Flushing Cisterns fixed. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houndsditch | 64 | 182 | 176 | 27 | 57 | 1 | 49 | |
| Church Row, Aldgate | 4 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Gun Square, Houndsditch | 9 | 31 | 31 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 14 | |
| Stoney Lane, „ | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | |||
| North Block, Artizan Street | 1 | 8 | 8 | 20 | ||||
| Prince's „ „ ,, | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| Queen's „ „ | 1 | 6 | 15 | |||||
| King's ,, „ „ | 1 | 6 | 15 | |||||
| South „ „ „ | 1 | 6 | 15 | |||||
| Devonshire Street | 21 | 90 | 4 | 26 | 22 | |||
| Devonshire Square | 14 | 43 | 43 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 13 | |
| New Street, Bishopsgate | 21 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Rose Alley, „ | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Parish of St. Bartholomew the Great | 178 | 443 | 437 | 47 | 126 | 1 | 83 | 114 |
| 138 | Special Inspection of Insanitary Area. | |||||||
| Total | 316 | |||||||