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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
Bermondsey 1858
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Notices served by order of the Vestry.
Pans and Traps provided, and connected
with Drains or Sewers.
Dwellings in a filthy and unwholesome
condition.
Cesspools emptied, no Sewer within 100
feet.
Dwellings without any privy accommodation.
Seizures of Meat being unfit for human
food.
Animals so kept as to be a nuisance.
Summonses before Police Magistrates.
Cesspools entirely done away with.
Defective and Offensive Drains.
Average number of inspections.
Offensive Accumulations.
Slaughterhouses inspected.
Notices not complied with.
Slaughterhouses licensed.
Effluvia from Trade.
Badly paved Yards.
504
555
504
61
6
15
5
12
14
38
5
35
34
8
37
3520
2
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
20th June, 1859.
ROBERT JOHN O'BRIEN, Inspector to the Vestry.
TABULAR STATEMENT.
| Notices served by order of the Vestry. | Cesspools entirely done away with. | Pans and Traps provided, and connected with Drains or Sewers. | Defective and Offensive Drains. | Badly paved Yards. | Offensive Accumulations. | Effluvia from Trade. | Animals so kept as to be a nuisance. | Dwellings without any privy accommodation. | Dwellings in a filthy and unwholesome condition. | Cesspools emptied, no Sewer within 100 feet. | Slaughterhouses inspected. | Slaughterhouses licensed. | Seizures of Meat being unfit for human food. | Summonses before Police Magistrates. | Notices not complied with. | Average number of inspections. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 555 | 504 | 504 | 61 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 38 | 5 | 35 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 3520 |