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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 1899
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1899
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VENTILATING SHAFTS, etc.
Mr. Engineerreports three additional shafts were
fixed in front of adjacent buildings to enable the
sewer ventilating gratings in roadways to be
closed, thereby affording considerable relief from
nuisance to residents in the vicinity. There are
now 314 of these shafts in the City. Also, that
156 premises were newly drained.
A large number of drainage and other sanitary
improvements were likewise dealt with by my
own department, but these relate to the interior
of buildings only.
PUBLIC WATEIl-CLOSKTS.
Twenty-four Underground conveniences in the
City, containing 258 compartments as urinals, and
168 water-closets, now exist, and others are
contemplated.