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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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| Number of Summonses issued. | Offences Charged. | Convictions. | Dismissals. | Penalties and Costs. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Neglecting to cleanse water closet | 3 | £3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | Neglecting to repair defective water closet | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | |
| 6 | Defective drains | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Neglecting to unstop drains | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | Illegally letting underground rooms | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | Neglecting to make house habitable | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | |
| 1 | Neglecting to remove noxious matter | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2 | Neglecting to notify infectious disease | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Exposing child suffering from in fectious disease | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Removing infected furniture | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 | Summons for closing order under Housing of Working Classes Act | withdrawn | ||||
| 1 | Refusing admission to Sanitary Inspector | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Smoke nuisance | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | Selling articles unfit for food | 2 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Selling adulterated articles | 16 | 1 withdrawn | 22 | 14 | 6 |
| 1 | Refusing to sell milk for analysis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | Selling margarine in unstamped wrapper | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| 49 | 40 | 9 | £89 | 18 | 0 | |
Premises belonging to the Vestry.
The following particulars are here given with
reference to the various Buildings and Premises
belonging to the Vestry:—
The Vestry Hall, Rosoman Street.—Until 1888,
held on lease from the New River Company, at a
ground rent of £10, which would have expired in
1903. The freehold was, in February, 1888, purchased
for the sum of £2,132.