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Clerkenwell 1888

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

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77 gully traps provided in lieu of bell traps.
56 defective pavings remedied.
33 dustbins provided or repaired
12 defective roofs repaired.
7 illegal kitchens emptied or made to comply with the Act.
60 cases of overcrowding abated.
1 cesspool abolished
8 accumulations of rubbish removed.
59 defective water supplies remedied.
10 nuisances from keeping animals abated.
7 smoke nuisances remedied.
4 dead bodies removed from rooms where persons live.
9 percolations of water remedied
2 houses condemned as uninhabitable.
1 nuisance from urinal abated.
2 nuisances from fish frying abated.
7 accumulations of dung removed.
77 fumigations after 79 cases of scarlet fever, 9 typhoid and 15
diphtheria.
597 preliminary notices were served.
250 statutory notices were served.
93 notices were served under registered regulations.
11 summonses were taken out under the Metropolis Local
ment Act, fines inflicted £35 7s.
4 summonses under the Nuisance Removal Act, costs recovered
£2 6s.
1 3 summonses were taken out under the Food and Drugs Act, fines
inflicted £17 9s.
2 summonses were taken out under Registered Regulations, fines
inflicted £6 8s.

In the subjoined table will be found the number of cases of zymotics diseases sent from the various Parishes of the Metropolis during the year: —

District.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Diphtheria.Total.Population in 1881.
Kensington119612...18227163,151
Battersea411319...1137107,262
Bermondsey...428...15186,652
Bethnal Green1011516110182126,961
Camberwell22281517253186,593
Chelsea...1305...213788,101
Clerkenwell11457......15369,076
Fulham17116...18949,900
Greenwich7141241...173131,233
Hackney...24136...2279186,462
Hammersmith...938...310471,939
Hampstead...21......12245,452
Holborn28313......9735,258
Islington...18748...1237282,865
Lambeth142517...11454253,699
Lewisham...713......7453,065
Limehouse1267...23658,543
Mile End9851613114105,573
Newington...913...195107,850
Paddington11092...5117107,218
Plumstead...525......5733,250
Poplar61586513233156,510
Rotherhithe...1311......2436,025
Shoreditch...10339......142126,591
St. George-in-the-East54110...56147,157
St. George, Hanover Sqnare1874...19389,573
St. George-the-Martyr, Southwk...6851...7458,652
St. Giles, Bloomsbury...502......5245,382
St. James, Westminster...553......5829,941
St. Luke, Middlesex...1038......11146,849
St. Martin-in-the-Fields...22.........2217,508
St. Marylebone...14811......159154,910
St. Olave, Southwark...71...1911,957
St. Pancras638513...3407236,258
St. Saviour, Southwark...342...13728,662
Strand...464......5032,587
Wandsworth320033...2247103,172
Westminster...73......27559,926
Whitechapel11095...411970,435
Woolwich...3151...3736,665
City of London1621...64
Outside Registration District1.........1
Totals6444985028915163