Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897
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MIDDLE DISTRICT.
House-to-House Inspections, 1897.
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. & Flush -ing Cisterns fixed. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aldersgatb Buildings | 9 | 23 | 23 | |||||
Aldersgate Street | 13 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Fann Street | 20 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 13 | |
Barbican | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
New Zealand Avenue | 9 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | |||
Bridgewater Square | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ||
Shaftesbury Place | 31 | 77 | 77 | 2 | ||||
Registration of Houses Let in Lodgings.
Premises visited and Registration Forms served 217
Premises visited re Smoke and Notices served 184
SUMMARY OF HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS.
1897.
Number of Houses Inspected. | Defects found. | Defects remedied. | New Drains laid. | New W.C.'s. | Premises closed. | Skips provided. | New Flushing Cisterns fixed. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West District | 181 | 452 | 437 | 31 | 96 | — | 16 | 79 |
Middle „ | 91 | 177 | 175 | 8 | 27 | — | 4 | 25 |
East „ | 201 | 502 | 423 | 51 | 111 | — | 4 | 119 |
Total |