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

View report page

Clerkenwell 1897

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

This page requires JavaScript

143
85 defective stackpipes amended.
12 defective gutters repaired.
123 defective roofs repaired.
9 defective ceilings repaired.
8 houses, no waters, reinstated.
6 floors ventilated.
25 dirty workshops limewhited,
5 defective stables repaved.
1 defective urinal repaired.
165 yards washhouse and areas limewhited.
5 dung receptacles provided.
1 smoke nuisance abated.
14 defective water fittings repaired.
5 w.c.'s ventilated.
25 accumulations of rubbish removed.
329 fumigations after infectious disease.
676 preliminary notices served.
68 statutory notices served
39 summonses taken out.
summonses under Local Metropolis withdrawn.
Management Acts, fines and costs, nil.
£ s. d.
15 summonses under Public Health Act, 10 withdrawn 6 12 6
19 summonses under Sale Food and Drugs Act 15 6 0
Summonses under Margarine Act, nil.
126 cases of scarlet fever.
120 ,, diphtheria.
27 ,, typhoid.
34 ,, erysipelas.
1 ,, croup
2859 houses visited in all.
458 on complaint.
264 on house to house.