Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1897
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TABLE
From 1st Sep-to 81st Dec- | East District Inspector. | Central District Inspector. | Chief Inspector. | Total | |
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West District Inspector. | |||||
Animals. | ___ | ||||
Accumulations of manure removed | 1 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 33 |
Animals kept in such a state, as to be a nuisance | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 21 |
Water. | |||||
Defective and foul rain-water tanks remedied | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
Defective water pipes, rendering premises damp | .. | 10 | 15 | 12 | 37 |
Insufficient supply and water cut of! by Water Company | 1 | 2 | 31 | 36 | 70 |
Defective and foul cisterns used for dietary purposes | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 |
Miscellaneous. | |||||
Obstructions of footpaths | 3 | 2 | 2 | 59 | 66 |
Number of cases of inattention to notices re ported to Vestry Clerk for proceedings . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 191 |
Summonses at the Police Court | .. | .. | .. | .. | 42 |
Cases of overcrowding remedied | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 38 |
Ditches cleansed | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 8 |
Bakehouses cleansed twice during the year . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 |
Cowhouses and Slaughterhouses inspected . | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 13 |
DISINFECTION. | Total. | ||||
No. of houses disinfected after infectious disease | 468 | ||||
„ cases disinfected for other parishes (Lec and Eltham) | 66 | ||||
CLERICAL WORK. | |||||
Letters received | 868 | ||||
,, written | 1140 | ||||
Notifications received | 588 | ||||
Certificates issued after disinfection | 1983 | ||||
,, of infectious disease forwarded to schools | 931 | ||||
Complaints of Sanitary defects, non-removal of dust, &c. | 532 | ||||
Written Intimation Notices | 1884 | ||||
Statutory Notices | 555 | ||||
Dust-bin Notices | 954 |