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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
St Giles (Camden) 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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House improvements in the several Localities of St. Giles's, effected under the superintendences or Inspector Webb, between March 25th, 1859, and March 25th, 1860.
| House improvements in localities. | A. | B. | C. | D. | E. | F. | G. | H. | K. | L. | Whole District of St. Giles. | Unclassified house-improvements, and Remarks. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Around Bedford Square. | Around Russell Square. | Around Coram Street. | Around Blooms-bury-sq. | Around Church Lane. | Around Dudley Street. | Around hort's Gardens | Around Northern part of Drury Lane. | Around Southern part of Drury Lane. | Around Lincoln's Inn Fields. | ||||
| Number of houses improved. | 13 | 40 | 94 | 28 | 55 | 74 | 37 | 103 | 78 | 6 | 528 | Fevedilapidated houses pulled down by direction of Police, at instance of Sanitary Inspector; 3 in locality F, and two in H. In subdivision E, behind Church Lane, two tenements removed fur belter ventilation. | |
| Improvements in Drainage. | Drains constructed | 11 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 109 | |
| Improved or Repaired | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 101 | ||
| Traps fixed | 9 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 20 | 51 | 18 | 51 | 63 | 2 | 285 | ||
| Cesspools abolished | 6 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 63 | ||
| Cesspools cleaned only | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | - | 1 | ||
| Stables drained and Horse-pools abolished | 4 | 29 | 18 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 53 | |||
| In Water Closets. | Pap, trap, and water provided | 7 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 110 | |
| Water and apparatus only provided | 2 | 8 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 8 | 38 | 19 | - | 153 | ||
| Cleaned or repaired. | — | — | 5 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 23 | - | 78 | ||
| Newly constructed or re-built | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 40 | ||
| In Dust Bins. | Newly constructed | - | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | - | 1 | 37 | Two privies removed: one in B, one in K. |
| 1 Repaired or covered | — | — | 9 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 30 | 2 | 96 | ||
| Paving. | Re-laid | — | 13 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 24 | — | 80 | Two large new cisterns in Church Lane, E, to supply between twelve and twenty houses with water. |
| In General Water Supply. | Receptacles provided | 2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 103 | |
| Receptacles repaired | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 1 | bl | ||
| Water supply provided where none in house before | - | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | ||
| In Cleanliness and Repair. | Generally repaired . . . | - | 1 | - | - | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 24 | - | 54 | |
| Cleansed and Lime-whited | 4 | 23 | 49 | 15 | 46 | 64 | 29 | 83 | 73 | 2 | 388 | Numbers on Table include many arrears from 1858-59; comparatively few works stand over at date of this report. | |
| Various accumulations re-moved from Cellars, &c. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 18 | - | 59 | ||
| In Ventilation &c. | Ventilation improved | - | 6 | 2 | - | 15 | 4 | 1 | - | 23 | 1 | 52 | |
| Overcrowding reduced | - | - | _ | - | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 33 | ||
| Kitchens disused | - | - | 5 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 17 | ||
| „ made legally habitable | - | - | 25 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 31 | |||
| Other rooms disused | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | ||
| Proceedings taken. | First notices | 12 | 35 | 98 | 26 | 20 | 140 | 40 | 122 | 50 | 26 | 569 | "First Notices" include orders about underground dwellings. |
| Second notices, letters, &c. | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | - | 55 | ||
| Summoned | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 | |||
| Reported to Police or District Surveyor | - | 1 | - | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | 13 | ||
| Total Improvements | 150 | 191 | 266 | 110 | 236 | 270 | 128 | 323 | 421 | 20 | 2015 | ||