Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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Those now on the Register are:—
District. • | No. of Houses on Register. | No. of Lodgers. | No. of Tenements. | Average No. of Persons per Tenement. | Sanitary Notices Served. |
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The houses in question are frequently inspected, and in April of each
year their owners called upon to undertake a thorough cleansing of them,
in accordance with the provisions of your Bye-laws.
This necessitated the service of a total of 598 Notices [or, 291, 77
and 230 during the year, in the West, Middle, and East Districts
respectively].
In addition to the foregoing there are eleven Blocks of dwellings let out in tenements, but not placed on the Register for the reason that each holding is "self-contained," it having been decided in a Court of Law that under these circumstances they are not subject to the Bye-laws for houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family :—
Situation. | No. of Tenements. | No. of Inhabitants. |
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Average number of persons to each tenement, 5.75.