Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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570 dirty stored water receptacles cleansed and repaired.
305 dustbins repaired or new provided.
Fines, food and drugs, £30.
Fines, Metropolis Local Management, £30.
497 gulley traps provided in lieu of bell traps, &c.
353 houses visited on complaint.
59 illegal kitchens emptied.
1137 preliminary notices served to abate nuisance.
98 rooms fumigated after dangerous infectious diseases.
65 rooms stripped and cleansed.
81 samples submitted to public analyst.
6 smoke nuisanses abated.
142 statutory notices served.
180 water-closets provided with new pans or old cleansed.
HUGH ROSE.
In the disinfection of the houses, the streets, the gullies, &c.,
of the Parish, 1,120 gallons of carbolic acid, and 90 cwt of carbolic
powder, were used during the year, at a cost of £154.
During the warmer months of the year, the courts, alleys, and
crowded streets were frequently flushed with carbolic water ;
the same was also used in the watering of the roads.
I hope the important points I alluded to in my last Report
will not be forgotten.