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Clerkenwell 1886

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

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Ward No. 2 (St. Philip's), comprises all that portion of
the Parish which lies within a line drawn along the centre
of King's Cross Road, from Baker Street to Battle Bridge,
thence up Pentonville Road to the north-west corner of
Claremont Square, thence down Amwell Street and Rosoman
Street to Exmouth Street, along Exmouth Street and
Mount Pleasant to the boundary, thence along the boundary
of the Parish to King's Cross Road, bottom of Baker
Street, including nearly the whole of the House of Correction
site.
This Ward contains 1,473 assessments, of a rateable
value of £53,135, and returns fifteen members to the
Vestry.
Ward No. 3 (St. Mark's), comprises all that portion of
the Parish within a line drawn along the Pentonville Road,
from the north-west corner of Claremont Square, to tho
junction of the City Road and Goswell Road, thence down
Goswell Road to corner of Spencer Street. including Nos.
290 to 320 on the north-east side of Goswell Road and
Nos. 1 and 30, in Sidney Street, thence along Spencer
Street, Myddelton Street, Rosoman Street and Amwell
Street to the north corner of Claremont Square.
This Ward contains 1,245 assessments of a rateable value
of £60,132, and returns twelve members to the Vestry.
Ward No. 4 (St. James'), comprises all that portion of
the Parish within a line drawn from Goswell Road, along
the centre of Spencer Street, Myddelton Street, Exmouth
Street, Mount Pleasant, to the boundary of the Parish,
thence along the line of the Old Fleet Ditch to new Street,
opposite Clerkenwell Green, thence along Clerkenwell
Green (north side of Sessions House) and Aylesbury Street
to St. John Street, thence up tho centre of St. John Street
to Percival Street, along the centre of Percival Street, and
up Goswell Road to Spencer Street.