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.
Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1889, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
Nature op Works. | Sub-Districts. | Total. | ||||
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St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | ||||
Number of complaints received during the year | 118 | 119 | 81 | 318 | ||
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected | 3,629 | 5,733 | 2,361 | 11,723 | ||
Result of Inspections. | Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises | 255 | 528 | 261 | 1,044 | |
Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed | 60 | 171 | 120 | 351 | ||
Rooms disinfected afterinfectiousdiseases | 38 | 30 | 20 | 88 | ||
House Drains. | Repaired, cleansed, &c | 31 | 54 | 20 | 105 | |
Trapped or ventilated | 20 | 71 | 55 | 146 | ||
New constructed | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | ||
W.C.'s. | Repaired, cleansed, &c | 76 | 199 | 397 | ||
Supplied with water | 14 | 4 | ... | 18 | ||
New constructed | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ||
Dust Bins. | New provided | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
Repaired and covered | 40 | 65 | 39 | 144 | ||
Water I Supply | Cisterns (new) erected | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | |
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered | 23 | 51 | 37 | 111 | ||
Miscellaneous. | Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 1866 | i 81 | 228 | 188 | 497 | |
Removal of accumulation of dung,animal' and other refuse | 25 | 125 | 94 | 244 | ||
Removal of animals improperly kept | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | ||
Rularly inspected. | Bakehouses | 4 | 19 | 7 | 30 | |
Licensed cow-houses | 2' | 1 | ... | 3 | ||
Licensed slaughter-houses | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings | 5 | 7 | 14 | 26 |