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Shoreditch 1880

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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INSPECTOR FLETCHER'S REPORT.
ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH,
Sanitary Department.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I beg to report to you, that during the year, ending March
25th, 1881, the conditions named below have caused nuisances
dangerous to health, and were inspected and remedied under my
supervision.
Accumulations of dung &c., removed from 12 premises.
Obstructed closet drains repaired and cleansed in 2 „
Water closets cleansed and repaired in 1 „
Water laid on or reinstated in 42 „
Yard Paving relaid in 5 „
Overcrowding abated in 5 „
Dirty rooms cleansed in 1 „
Smoke nuisances abated in 2 „
Pigs removed from 1 ,,
Corpses, decomposing, removed from 4 „
Minor nuisances (not referred to Inspector
Alexander) little alteration needed in 9 „
NUISANCES DANGEROUS TO HEALTH CONSEQUENT
ON INFECTIOUS DISEASES—The following details
shew the Sanitary measures adopted where cases of contagious
disease occurred.