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Report on the public health and sanitary condition of the Parish of Clerkenwell [West Division, Borough of Finsbury] for the year 1900
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THE SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORTS.
For convenience of Sanitary inspection the parish is divided
into three districts. The Sanitary Inspectors during 1900 were
the late Inspector Bartlett (up till March) for No. 1 District;
Inspector Green for the same District from March to December;
Inspector Ensor for No. 2 District; Inspector Longden (temporary)
for No. 3 District from March to December. I append their
reports which show a very large amount of excellent work : —
Inspector Green's (No. 1) District:
88 dirty rooms and houses cleansed.
2 damp rooms remedied.
6 cases of overcrowding abated.
6 illegal occupation of kitchens abated.
3 cases of animals being improperly
kept abated.
3 defective doors repaired.
11 defective floorings repaired.
22 defective water closets remedied
47 defective water apparatus to
closets repaired.
6 defective pans to water closets
remedied.
30 foul closets cleansed or new pans
fixed.
31 choked water closets unstopped.
9 water closets limewhited.
3 cases where external ventilation to
water closets was improved
14 additional water closets provided or
number reduced.
12 defective soil pipes remedied or
constructed.
14 soil pipes ventilated.
32 pavings of yards repaired.
21 yards limewhited.
10 sink wastes disconnected from drains.
17 foul water cisterns cleansed.
11 covers to cisterns provided or
repaired.
102 defective dust bins repaired or new
ones provided.
6 improper traps to drains removed
43 defective drains repaired or reconstructed
15 choked drains unstopped.
3 drains ventilated.
7 rain water pipes disconnected from
drains
9 defective rain water pipes repaired
3 defective gutterings repaired.
14 leaky roofs remedied.
2 dilapidated ceilings repaired.
4 water supplies to houses and fittings
repaired.
2 area pavings repaired.
9 areas limewhited and cleansed.
1 area drained.
3 washhouse pavings repaired.
24 washhouses limewhited and cleansed.
13 spaces under flooring ventilated or
improved.
4 basements limewhited and cleansed.
4 workshops limewhited and cleansed.
12 accumulations of refuse removed.
13 miscellaneous nuisances abated.
1 smoke nuisance dealt with.
175 house-to-house inspections.
270 first visits of inspection were made,
including infectious cases.
1170 re-visits to houses.
286 itnimation notices served.
90 statutory notices served.
47 cases of scarlet fever investigated
and reported upon.
26 ,, diphtheria. ,,
18 „ typhoid fever. ,,
30 „ erysipelas. „