London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

City of London 1898

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1898

This page requires JavaScript

81
nor do they find a place in the following list of
registered tenement houses, as they are dealt with
more fully in another part of this Report.
The registered houses are regularly inspected,
and in the month of April of each year their
owners called upon to undertake a systematic
cleansing of their several properties, in accordance
with the provisions of your Bye-laws for the
regulation of this class of dwelling.
The proper fulfilment of the requirements
of your regulations necessitated the service
during the past year of no less than 568 Notices,
237, 234, and 97, being served in the West
Middle, and East Districts respectively.
A complete list of these houses is appended
showing—
(a) The situation of the premises.
(b) Name and address of the person
responsible for the wholesomeness of
the premises.
(c) Number of tenements.
(d) Number of lodgers, children being
classed as adults.
G