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St Luke 1899

Report on the sanitary condition, vital statistics, &c., of the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex for the year 1899

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House to House Inspection.
During the year a systematic inspection was made to ascertain
the existence of nuisance. The following list shows the streets
visited. We would respectfully point out here that house to
house inspection necessarily takes a great portion of our time
as every room must be inspected and the particulars obtained
so as to form an opinion as to whether there is existence of overcrowding
:
No. 1 District.
Peerless Street
Cottage Lane
Graham Street
Bath Buildings
York Road
Hall Street
Nelson Street
Nelson Place
Mason's Place
Radsworth Street
Wharf Road
New Charles Street
City Road
No. 2 District.
Bastwick Street
Central Street
Clarence Place
Lewin's Court
Ironmonger Row
Wellington Place
Lewin's Gardens
Anchor Yard
Whitly Court
Seward Street
Ironmonger Passage
Ludlow Street
John's Place
Coleman's Buildings
Roby Street
Garden Row
Ironmonger Street
No. 3 District.
Goswell Road (lower end)
Middle Row
Chiswell Street
Lamb's Passage
Finsbury Street
Roscoe Street
Young's Buildings
Bayer Street
Sycamore Street
Featherstone Buildings
Featherstone Street
Banner Street
Wilson Street
Beckford Square
Honduras Street
Moor Lane
In a number of these streets, as will be noticed, are large
premises used as factories and workshops, and where a first
visit was paid the premises were duly registered and notifications
were sent to the Factory Inspector and the London County
Couucil as to provisions of fire escapes.