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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

St Giles (Camden) 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

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Table: Report of the Sanitary Works, &c., in 1881, carried out under the Superintendence of the Sanitary Inspectors.

Report of the Sanitary Works, &c., in 1881, carried out under the Superintendence of the Sanitary Inspectors.

Nature of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
St. George, Blooms-bury.St. Giles, North.St. Giles, South.
Number of complaints received during the year13849116303
Number of visits and inspections of houses and premises3,6983,7455,80513,248
Result of Inspections.Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises3173967291,472
Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed197177314688
Houses disinfected after infectious diseases345583172
House Drains.Repaired, cleansed, &c.9903112274
Trapped or ventilated8640127253
New constructed731121
Privies and W.C.'s.Repaired, cleansed, &c.91130147368
Supplied with water38126153317
New constructed......22
Dust Bins.New provided14712
Repaired and covered107135138380
Water Supply.Cisterns (new) erected3232248
Cisterns cleaned, repaired and covered152182236570
Miscellaneous.Number of lodging houses registered under Sanitary Act, 1866............
Number of dust complaints received and attended to1,3401,0481,6154,003
Removal of accumulation of dung, animal and other refuse9195151337
Removal of animals improperly kept117o 9
Regularly inspected.Bakehouses6153455
Licensed cow-houses2...13
Licensed slaughter-houses3115
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings95317