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

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Clerkenwell 1894

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

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76 water supplies restored.
8 nuisances from keeping animals abated.
3 cesspools abolished.
5 dead bodies removed from rooms where persons lived.
9 smoke nuisances abated.
51 dung receptacles made to comply with by-laws.
2 percolations of water stopped.
272 fumigations after infectious disease
2 smallpox.
161 scarlet fever.
105 diphtheria.
37 typhoid.
53 erysipelas.
3 puerperal fever
1658 houses were visited, 769 on complaint.
857 preliminary notices served.
235 statutory notices served.
2 summonses were taken out under Metropolis £ s. d.
Local Management Act, fines and costs 2 7 6
29 summonses were taken out under Public
Health Act 41 1 0
17 summonses were taken out under Food and
Drugs Act 26 13 0
5 summonses were taken out under Margarino
Act 3 17 0
£73 18 6
Wards 4 and 5 (Inspector Green's District).
67 cases of scarlet fever.
57 ,, diphtheria.
5 „ membranous croup.
24 „ enteric fever.
56 „ erysipelas.
4 „ small pox.
150 fumigations after infectious diseases.