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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
Clerkenwell 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St James & St John]
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Sanitary Improvements. The following important
Sanitary Improvements were carried out during the year:—186
feet of 9-inch pipe-sewer were laid down; 5 sewers were repaired,
and 46 cleansed; 9 new gullies were constructed, 4 trapped, 12
repaired, and 241 cleansed; 32 house drains were laid down:
37 houses were drained; 27 cesspools were destroyed, filled up,
and waterclosets substituted for them; 157 loads of soil were
removed from the sewers and gullies; and 2 new urinals erected,
1 on Clerken well Green, and 1 at the junction of the Pentonville
and King's Cross Roads.
The subjoined Table exhibits the meteorology of the year:—
| 1865 | Temperature, mean | Difference from mean of 94 years | Dew Point | Humidity (Saturation=100) | Height of Barometer | Rain, in inches | Difference from average of 48 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 50.3 | +1.9 | 44.1 | 80 | 29.78 | 29.0 | +3.8 |
| Winter Quarter (Jan., Feb., March) | 36.5 | —2.0 | 31.8 | 85 | 29.61 | 6.1 | +1.2 |
| Spring Quarter (April, May, June) | 56.2 | 4.1 | 47.3 | 72 | 29.91 | 7.2 | +1.4 |
| Summer Quarter (July, Aug., Sept.) | 62.5 | +3.0 | 54.5 | 76 | 29.86 | 6.5 | -0.9 |
| Autumn Quarter (Oct., Nov., Dec.) | 64.0 | + 2.3 | 42.6 | 88 | 29.73 | 9.2 | +2.1 |
This Table shows the peculiarities of the seasons, viz.: that
the winter was colder than the average, the spring, summer and
autumn being warmer; and that the rain-fall was above that of
the average.
I have the honour to remain,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
December, 1866. J. W. GRIFFITH, M.D.