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St Giles (Camden) 1896

Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1897

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TABLE VI.

Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1896, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

Nature of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
Number of complaints received during the year475623126
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected3,9705,2172,25811,445

TABLE VI.

Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1896, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

Nature of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
Number of compaints received during the year475623126
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected3,9705,2172,25811,445
Result of Inspections.Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises3235602711,154
Houses, premises, &c., cleansed repaired, and whitewashed154222102478
Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases6011744221
House Drains.Repaired, cleansed, &c.374927113
Trapped or ventilated384530113
New constructed322754113
W.C.'s.Repaired, cleansed, &c.5014769266
Supplied with water11
New constructed9142245
Dust Bins.New provided6201036
Repaired and covered527139162
Water SupplyCisterns (new) erected1-45
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered94846103
Miscellaneous.Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 186689201181471
Removal of accumulation of dung, animal and other refuse2210379204
Removal of animals improferly kept224
Regularly inspected.Bakehouses145726
Licensed cow-houses11
Licensed slaughter-houses112
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings751426