London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Clerkenwell 1888

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

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Wards 4 and 5 (Mr. Green's District).
29 water closets provided with water supply.
13 diphtheria.
65 scarlet fever.
7 enteric fever.
1 small pox.
80 rooms fumigated and cleansed after infectious disease.
14 accumulations of offensive matter removed.
6 cases of animals kept.
82 cases of overcrowding abated.
58 choked drains unstopped.
18 defective drains repaired.
45 defective pavings repaired.
26 defective roofs repaired.
189 dirty rooms and houses cleansed and repaired.
9 dirty water cisterns cleansed.
37 dustbins repaired.
11 new dustbins provided.
Fines (Food and Drugs Act), £25 15s., costs £2.
Fines (Metropolis Management Act), £10, costs 6s.
Recovered, (Sanitary Act, 1866,) £1 17s. 6d., costs 4s.
Fines (Registered Regulations), £2 2s., costs 15s.
83 Gully traps provided in lieu of other defective traps.
905 houses visited.
326 houses visited on complaint.
640 preliminary notices served.
225 statutory notices served.
158 notices served under Registered Regulations.
19 illegal kitchens emptied.
81 dirty yards limewhited and cleansed.
13 smoke nuisances abated.