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Slaughter-houses.—These were inspected by the Sanitary
Committee and myself on November 7th, and the 10th. The
Slaughter-houses were 15; 6 in the upper Wards, and 9 in the
lower, and were kept by the same number of butchers. They
were very clean and in excellent order, a slight defect in the
paving of one being the only default.
Cow-houses.—These were inspected at the same time as the
Slaughter-houses. They were 19; Sin the upper Wards, and
11 in the lower. They were kept by 17 cow-keepers. They
were also in excellent order. The cows were 250; 124 in the
upper Wards, and 126 in the lower. The animals were very
fine and healthy.
Bake-houses.—These were not all inspected during the
year; the preceding year's inspection terminating on January
14tli, 1884.
Mortuary.—During the year 1884, 300 bodies were brought
to the Mortuary; of these, 102 were brought for inquest purposes,
upon which 42 post-mortems were made; 97 were Holborn
Union cases, all belonging to Clerkenwell; and 101 were brought
from houses of parishioners, including 6 cases of Fever, and 4
of Small Pox, and where the corpses would otherwise have
remained in living rooms. Hence the utility of our excellent
Mortuary is increasingly appreciated.
The Royal Commission on the Housing of the
Working Classes.—A sketch of the evidence given before
this Commission, which was very adverse to Clerkenwell, was
published in the newspapers, but the issue of the "Minutes of
Evidence," and the first Report of the Commissioners, enables us
to obtain full details. After perusing these, I at once examined
the premises on which certain evils and nuisances were stated to
exist, with the results given below. But as the statements differ
so materially from the conditions found to exist, I have
separately paragraphed the statements and the facts.