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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Clerkenwell 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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1½-cwt. of meat in preparation for saveloys, 10 hams, 37 rabbits,
2 boxes of herrings, 1 bag of whelks, 8 cases of oranges, 2
cases of onions, 2 sides of pork, 57 pices of meat, joints, &c.,
condemned and destroyed as unfit for the food of man.
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| Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Typhoid Fever | Scarlet Fever | Diphtherial | Typhoid Fever. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rawstorne Street | 2 | Suffolk Street, Clerkenwell Green | 1 | ||||
| Ray Street | |||||||
| Red Lion Passage | 2 | 7 | |||||
| Red Lion Street | 5 | 5 | 2 | Sutton Street (Great) | 1 | ||
| Risinghill Street | 1 | 1 | 4 | Sutton Street (Little) | |||
| River Street | Thomas Street | ||||||
| Roberta Place | 1 | Turnmill Street | |||||
| Tysoe Place | |||||||
| Do. Street | 4 | 1 | Tysoe Street | 2 | |||
| Rosebery Avenue | 3 | Union Court | |||||
| 1 | Union Square | ||||||
| Roaoman Mews | Valetta Street | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Do. Street | 2 | Vernon Square | |||||
| Russell Place | 1 | Vernon Street | |||||
| Rydon Grescent | Victoria Place | ||||||
| Saint Helena Place | 3 | Vineyard Gardens | |||||
| Saint James's Street | 2 | Do. Mews | |||||
| Saint James's Walk | 8 | 2 | Do. Walk | 1 | |||
| Saint John's Lane | 2 | 2 | Warden's Court | ||||
| Do. Place | Warner Street | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Do. Square | 1 | 1 | Warren Cottages | ||||
| Do. Street | 2 | Warren Street | 15 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Saint John Street Road | 12 | 7 | 2 | Warren Villas | |||
| St. John's Terrace | 1 | Waterloo Place | |||||
| West Place | |||||||
| 4 | 1 | Weston Street | |||||
| Sarah Place | Wetherill Road, Muswell Hill | ||||||
| Seabrooke Place | 2 | ||||||
| Sekforde Street | 2 | 1 | Wharton Street | ||||
| 8ermon Lane | Whiskin Street | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Seymour Place Short's Buildings | White Conduit Place | 2 | |||||
| 3 | Do. Street | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sidney Street | 2 | White Lion Buildings | |||||
| Skinner Street | 1 | Do. Street | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Smith Street | 1 | William Street | |||||
| Smith Street, Upper | Wilmington Place | ||||||
| Soley Mews | Do. Square | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Southampton Street | 5 | 7 | Do. Street | ||||
| Southern Street | 1 | Winchester Cottages | 1 | ||||
| Spa Cottages | Do. Street | 5 | |||||
| Spencer Street | 4 | Wood bridge Street | 1 | ||||
| Spring Street | 1 | Wynyatt Place | 1 | ||||
| Stewart's Place | Do. Street | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Stratton Place | Yardley Street | 1 | |||||
| Suffolk Place | York Buildings | ||||||
| Suffolk Street, Pentonville | 1 | York Street | |||||
Wards 4 and 5 (Inspector Green's District).
144 cases of scarlet fever.
54 „ diphtheria.
1 ,, membranous croup.
30 „ enteric fever
56 „ erysipelas.
1 „ puerperal fever.
260 fumigations after infectious disease.
35 cases of overcrowding abated.
34 defective pavings repaired.
90 dirty houses and rooms cleansed.
4 dead bodies removed to mortuary.
4 foul pan-closets removed and new ones fixed.
139 gully traps fixed in lieu of other defective traps.
52 choked drains unstopped.
94 defective drains remedied, of which 35 were re-constructed
3 defective soil pipes remedied.
21 foul closet-pans cleansed or new ones fixed,
24 defective dustbins repaired.
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