[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John].
- St. James and St. John (Clerkenwell, London, England). Parish Council.
- Date:
- 1872
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Clerkenwell, St. James and St. John]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![20 Bake houses. These were also inspected in the spring, they were 64; mostly in good order—2 being however very dirty—the improvements ordered, were carried out. Artizans' Dwellings Act. Under this Act, I condemned a house, (No. 1 Easton Street), in which there was no dust.bin, the house refuse having to be deposited in the passage under the stair case, necessarily rendering the house offensive. The Vestry did not carry out my recommendation. [Evil since remedied.] The houses in the Turnmill Street Courts, which I condemned in the preceding year, and in my last Report stated were in hand, must be considered in hand still, for nothing further has been done to them vet. Workshops Regulation Act. Several complaints made in regard to this Act, were attended to; and as reported in the previous year the warning of the employers was found sufficient. The Meteorology of the year was as follows :— Temperature, Average Difference from Average of 100 years. Dew.point. Humidity (Saturation = 100) Height of Barometer. Rain in inches. Difference from average of 54 years. Tear 48.7 —0.1 42.0 78 29.80 18.5 —7.0 Winter Quarter (Jan., Feb., Mar.) 38.0 —0.6 32.8 82 29.79 4.1 —1.0 Spring Quarter (April, May, June.) 54.4 +2.1 45.0 70 26.94 1.2 —4.6 Summer Quarter (July, Aug., Sept.) 60.7 +1.1 52.5 75 29.84 5.6 —1.8 Autumn Quarter (Oct., Nov., Dec.) 41.6 —2.1 37.9 87 29.64 7.6 +0.4 Hence the mean temperature of the year was slightly below the average: the spring and summer quarters being above; and the autumn and winter quarters below the average. The rain-fall during the year was extremely deficient; amounting to 18½ inches only, the average of the last 54 years being 25½ inches. This deficiency must exert considerable influence upon the sanitary](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2005614X_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
