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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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under the provisions of this Act, as unfit for human habitation.
Locality. | Present Condition of Premises. |
---|---|
No. 55, High Street | Demolished. |
„ 41, Colonnade | Demolished. |
„ 18, Drury Lane | Closed. |
„ 19, Drury Lane | Closed. |
„ 188, Drury Lane | Closed. |
A total of 134 houses dealt with in St. Giles District
since the passing of the Act.
Fried Fish Shops.
In consequence of numerous complaints having been
received from various ratepayers complaining of the
annoyance caused by the effluvia from the fried fish shops
in the District, your Sanitary Committee authorised such
means to be taken as might be necessary for abating the
nuisance or preventing or counteracting the effluvia.
According to these instructions your principal Officers
accompanied by the Sanitary Inspectors visited the whole
of the fried fish shops in the District on the 21st and 23rd
May, viz.:—
No. 25, Little Guildford Street.
,, 36, Great Wild Street.
„ 1, Drury Lane.
,, 4, Betterton Street.
„ 13, High Street.
,, 14, Little St. Andrew Street.
,, 10, Broad Street.