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Clerkenwell 1885

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]

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Names of Streets, Courts, &c.Number of Houses Inspected.Remarks.
White Lion Street2
Wynyatt Cottages5A cul de sac entered under house in Wynyatt Street, and 12 steps down from street
York Buildings5Houses dilapidated
York Street1
York Valley6Houses unfit for habitation
475

In the above 475 houses there were at the time of my inspection the
following sanitary defects:—
Water closets without water supply 294
Water closets with defective pans or apparatus 52
Defective cisterns 32
Dust-bins wanting or defective 106
Defective gulleys and sinks 32
Defective drains 10
Defective paving to yards 117
And a large number of dirty and dilapidated houses, particularly
the houses formerly occupied by one family, but now let out in tenements.
With some few exceptions the whole of the houses inspected were
occupied by tenants paying weekly rentals, in which the landlords
were non-resident.
The following information was supplied by the Officers of the
Vestry:—
Total number of premises in the Parish (including warehouses)
chargeable with Poor Rate 8300
Included in the above are about 1200 tenements in Model
Dwellings.
Houses 2/3ds of which let in lodgings 3058
Tenement houses 583
Cottages of from two to four rooms 1059
Total number of tenement houses and cottages,
in which landlord is non-resident
but liable for repairs, rates
and taxes 1642
Total houses to which Regulations under Section
35 of the Sanitary Act of 1866 might be
made to apply 4700