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St Giles (Camden) 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE VI.
Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1898, carried out under the: Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
| Nature of Works. | Sub-Districts. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South | St. Giles, North | |||||
| Number of complaints received during the year | 42 | 45 | 26 | 113 | |||
| Number of houses and premises visited and inspected | 3,385 | 5,299 | 2,562 | 11,246 | |||
| Result of Inspections. | Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises | 309 | 513 | 306 | 1,128 | ||
| Houses, premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed | 122 | 224 | 129 | 475 | |||
| Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases | 38 | 53 | 26 | 117 | |||
| House Drains. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 48 | 59 | 22 | 129 | ||
| Trapped or ventilated | 25 | 33 | 35 | 93 | |||
| New constructed | 46 | 25 | 22 | 93 | |||
| W.C.'s. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 51 | 144 | 106 | 301 | ||
| Supplied with water | — | — | — | — | |||
| New constructed | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | |||
| Dust Bins. | New provided | 6 | 16 | 6 | 28 | ||
| Repaired and covered | 28 | 55 | 21 | 104 | |||
| Water Supply | Cisterns (new) erected | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered | - | - | - | - | |||
| Miscellaneous. | Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 1866 | 104 | 267 | 246 | 618 | ||
| Removal of accumulation of dung, animal | |||||||
| and other refuse | 29 | 130 | 72 | 231 | |||
| Removal of animals improperly kept | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Regularly inspected | Bakehouses | 13 | 6 | 6 | 25 | ||
| Licensed cow-houses | — | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Licensed slaughter-houses | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings | 5 | 109 | 8 | *122 | |||
* 74 of these were for the abatement of Smoke Nuisances.