Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE VI.
The Report of the Sanitary Work, &c. in 1878, carried out under the Superintendence of the Sanitary Inspectors, O'Donnell and Walters.
Sub-district. | St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles South. | St. Giles North. | Total. | ||
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Number of complaints received during the year. | 59 | 76 | 45 | 180 | ||
Number of houses and premises, &c. inspected. | 3,467 | 8,095 | 1,460 | 13,022 | ||
Result of Inspection. | Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises. | 390 | 515 | 682 | 1,587 | |
Houses and premises, &c. cleansed, repaired and whitewashed. | 327 | 593 | 801 | 1,721 | ||
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases. | 18 | 35 | 19 | 72 | ||
House Drains. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 30 | 39 | 24 | 93 | |
Trapped or ventilated. | 45 | 85 | 48 | 178 | ||
New constructed. | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | ||
Privies and W. C.'s. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 119 | 128 | 101 | 348 | |
Supplied with water. | 8 | 56 | 79 | 143 | ||
New provided. | - | - | - | - | ||
Dust Bins. | New provided. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Repaired, covered, &c. | 81 | 139 | 123 | 343 | ||
Water Supply. | Cisterns (new) erected. | - | 14 | 3 | 17 | |
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered. | 72 | 98 | 40 | 210 | ||
Miscellaneous. | Number of lodging houses registered under Sanitary Act, 1866. | - | - | - | - | |
Number of dust complaints received and attended to. | 398 | 938 | 689 | 2,025 | ||
Removal of accumulation of dung, animal and other refuse. | 27 | 46 | 8 | 81 | ||
Removal of animals improperly kept. | 5 | 1 | - | 6 | ||
Regularly inspected. | Bakehouses. | 11 | 20 | 9 | 40 | |
Licensed cow-houses. | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | ||
Licensed slaughter-houses. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
Other proceedings, e. g. legal proceedings. | 6 | 2 | 11 | 19 |
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