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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) 1897

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

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Table: TABLE Vi.Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1897, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

TABLE Vi.

Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1897, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

Nature of Works.Scb-Districts.Total.
St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, SouthSt. Giles, North
Number of complaints received during the year Number of houses and premises visited and inspected395223114
3,3894,7692,12910,287
Result of Inspections.Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises3095342951,138
Houses, premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed162271133566
Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases8714173301
House Drains.Repaired, cleansed, &c.295539123
Trapped or ventilated12363179
New constructed442738109
W.C.'s.Repaired, cleansed, &c.34117109260
Supplied with water—6511
New constructed416929
Dust Bins.New provided11201142
Repaired and covered286838134
Water SupplyCisterns (new) erected----
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered4292356
Number of Lodging-house registered under Sanitary Act, 1866102473575
Miscellaneous.Removal of accumulation of dung, animal and other refuse2910974212
Removal of animals improperly kept—224
Regularly nspected.Bakehouses133723
Licensed cow-houses—1—1
Licensed slaughter-houses—112
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings1324542