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The following Report by Dr. Young, Assistant Medical Officer
of Health to the London County Council, was received by the
Vestry in November, and was afterwards referred to me by the
Public Health Committee for my observations thereon, a copy of
which latter are also appended, and which, together with the
Report, were duly considered by the Committee, but their recommendations
were not dealt with by the Vestry during the period
covered by this Report.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.
Sanitary Condition and Administration of the Parish of St. Luke.
Public Health Department,
Spring Gardens, S.W.,
November, 1897.
Dr. YOUNG'S REPORT.
The district under the jurisdiction of the Vestry of St. Luke is one
of the smallest in area in the County of London. It is situated in the
central part of the Metropolis and adjoins the City of London, which
forms its southern boundary. On the east and north it is bounded by
Shoreditch and Islington respectively, and on the west by Clerkenwell
and the Charterhouse, while, for a short extent of boundary at the
south-western corner, it is in juxtaposition with the district under the
jurisdiction of the Holborn Board of Works.
The sanitary district of St. Luke corresponds with the civil parish
of the same name.
The soil throughout the district is composed of gravel and sand
overlying the London clay.
The area of the district is 237 acres, including about three acres of
water, which consists of that portion of the City Road basin of the
Regent's Canal situated in the northern part of St. Luke. The ratable
value of the parish in April, 1896, was £347,192. During the year
April 1st, 1896, to March 31st, 1897, the contribution of St. Luke to
the Equalisation of Rates Fund exceeded the grant made from the fund
by £286 3s. 4d.
For statistical purposes St. Luke forms part of the registration
district of Holborn, which also includes the whole of the sanitary
district under the Vestry of Clerkenwell and the greater part of that
under the jurisdiction of the Holborn Board of Works. St. Luke is
now divided into three sub-districts, known as City Road, Whitecross
Street and Finsbury, the first being the northern, the second the southwestern,
and the third the south-eastern part of the parish.