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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22 accumulation of offensive matter removed.
8 animals and birds kept so as to be a nuisance.
52 cases of overcrowding abated,
42 choked drains unstopped.
30 choked water closets unstopped.
104 defective drains reconstructed or repaired.
32 defective pavings repaired.
15 defective roofs repaired.
92 dirty houses cleaned and repaired.
41 dirty water receptacles cleansed and repaired.
43 dustbins repaired or new provided.
Fines Food and Drugs Act, £29, costs, £1 19s.
Fines Metropolis Management Act, £113 4s.
17 summonses issued under Adulteration Act.
13 summonses issued under Metropolis Local Management Act.
75 gully traps provided in lieu of bell traps.
625 houses visited.
102 houses visited on complaint.
650 preliminary notices served to abate nuisance, &c.
270 statutory notices served.
100 rooms fumigated and cleansed after infectious diseases.
21 illegal kitchens emptied.
32 dirty yards cleansed.
8 smoke nuisances abated.
104 foul and defective water closets fitted with new pans or old
ones cleaned.
57 water closets with defective water supply, apparatus remedied.
6 foul urinals cleansed.
4 defective stack pipes remedied.
2 houses closed.