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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]
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88 statutory notices.
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 summonses under Public Health Act. | 24 | 11 | 0 |
| 5 summonses under Margarine Act | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 summonses under Food and Drugs Act. | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 summonses under Housing of Working Classes Act | 9 | 0 | |
| Summonses under Metropolis Local Management Act | 2 | 0 | |
| £34 | 9 | 0 |
Inspector Ensor's Report—No. 2 District.
131 house or part of house cleansed.
7 damp houses remedied.
21 overcrowded houses abated.
13 underground rooms illegally occupied abated.
3 animals kept so as to be a nuisance abated.
3 defective doors remedied.
66 defective flooring of houses remedied.
11 defective windows repaired.
121 defective water closets refitted.
69 defective water apparatus to water closets remedied.
32 w.c.'s unstopped.
33 foul w.c.'s cleansed.
91 dirty walls of w.c. cleansed.
6 external ventilation to w.c. provided.
35 additional water closet accomodation provided.
12 defective soilpipes remedied.
10 soilpipes ventilated.
10 soilpipes improperly ventilated remedied.
137 defective paving of yards remedied.
76 dirty yards limewhited.
30 sinks connected with drain disconnected.
59 foul cisterns cleansed.
37 defective covers to cisterns repaired.
56 new dustbins provided
76 defective dustbins repaired.
47 inlets of drains improperly trapped remedied.