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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

Lambeth 1858

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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TABLE I.
PARISH OF ST. MARY, LAMBETH.

Table: RETURN, shewing the Number and Nature of Nuisances complained of, and the steps taken to remove or abate the same, with the results, &c., from March 25th, 1858, to March 25th, 1859.

RETURN, shewing the Number and Nature of Nuisances complained of, and the steps taken to remove or abate the same, with the results, &c., from March 25th, 1858, to March 25th, 1859.

description of nuisance.No. of Complaints of each Class.No. of Notices served to abate Nuisances of each Class.No. of Cases of each Class in which the cause of Nuisance was abated on Notice.No. of Cases of each Class in which the cause of Nuisance was not abated on Notice.No. of Cases of each Class for which Summonses were taken out.No. of Cases of each Class for which Magistrates' orders for abatement were made.
Foul Privies7767765771992922
Defective Drains110911099012082321
Overcharged Cesspools13138544
Filthv Dwellings261261236252320
Want of Ashpits5945944611332220
Dust and Garbage683Verbal683.........
Dung & other Filthy Accumulations48484622...
Offensive Gullies63Verbal63.........
Filthy Highways8Verbal8.........
Offensive Urinals666.........
Offensive Smells from Trades34343311...
Offensive Slaughter Houses222.........
Swine56564977...
Offensive Cow Houses141414.........
Obstructions of Highways88711• • •
Number of Notices served, 1248 ; Number of Summonses taken out, 31; Number of Slaughterhouses Licensed and undersupervision, 121.