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

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Clerkenwell 1891

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

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94
3 additional water closets provided.
2 nuisances from animals abated.
summonses taken out, viz.:—
£
s.
d.
5 Metropolis Management Act, fines and costs
6
7
0
3 Nuisances Removal Act, do.
0
9
0
8 Sanitary Act do.
9
11
6
34 Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts, do.
25
17
0
1 for assault do.
1
5
0
£43
9
6
51 yards cleansed and limewhited.
33 accumulations of refuse removed.
8 new dustbins provided.
3 new flush pipes to water-closets provided.
850 houses visited.
320 on complaint.
560 preliminary notices served.
250 statutory notices served.
95 notices served under Registered Regulations.
15 dirty cisterns cleansed.
89 defective water apparatus to closets remedied.
17 leaky roofs repaired.
31 defective stack pipes remedied.
91 sink wastes disconnected from drains.
32 defective water closets remedied.
71 choked water-closets unstopped.
4 water supplies to houses.
2 houses closed unfit for habitation.
7 doors provided to water-closets.
12 5.holed stones abolished.