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Shoreditch 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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HOUSES CLOSED.
The following houses were closed during the year, either in consequence of the service of sanitary notices as being unfit for habitation, or in order to enable the necessary works to put them into a proper sanitary condition to be carried out in an effectual manner:—
| Allerton Street: Nos. 33 and 56. | Kingsland Road: Nos. 253, 255, 255a, and 107. |
| New Norfolk Street : Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17. | |
| Worship Street: No. 103. | |
| Whiston St.: Nos. 99, 101,133, and 135. | Hoxton Street: No. 107. |
| Wilmer Gardens: Nos. 53, 55, 102, 104, | Kenning Terrace: No. 15. |
| 106, 108, and 110. | Royal Oak Walk: Nos. 2 and 4. |
The houses in Allerton Street were in a very dirty and dilapidated condition.
They were closed in consequence of a sanitary notice served by inspector Lear, in
order that the necessary work of cleansing and other sanitary works require! might
be carried out in an efficient manner. Nos. 99 and 101, Whiston Street were closed
to carry out the requirements of sanitary notices served by-inspector Firth. These
houses were in a very dirty and dilapidated condition; the drains were in an
extremely defective state and it was necessary for a considerable portion of the brickwork
of the walls of No. 99 to be pulled down and reconstructed ; Nos. 133 and 135,
Whiston Street were closed on the service of notices under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891 ; the property was very old and the owner decided not to spend
any more money on it.
The houses, Nos. 253, 255, and 255b, Kingsland Road were each occupied by
several families. They were found in a very d rty condition, and the drainage
arrangements were in an extremely defective condition. These premises were dealt
with under the supervision of the chief sanitary inspector.
With respect to the five houses Nos. 13 to 17. New Norfolk Street, they were in
an extremely dirty and insanitary condition, and it was necessary for them to be
emptied as they could not be satisfactorily dealt with otherwise. The work of putting
these houses into a satisfactory sanitary condition was effectually carried out under
the supervision of the chief inspector. Very radical alterations were made, several
of the rooms being enlarged; the sanitary arrangements including the drains and
water closets were all reconstructed, the yards properly paved, and the houses
thoroughly cleansed and painted from top to bottom.
The houses Nos. 102 to 110, Wilmer Gardens, are tenement dwellings, affording
accommodation for some 21 families. They have been on several occasions under the
notice of the Department. In 1898 a good deal of sanitary work was carried out, the
then owner having been summoned before a magistrate. This year they again came