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 Lambeth]
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TABLE I.
Return, showing the Number and Nature of Nuisances attended to in the Parish of Lambeth, and the steps taken to abate
the same, between the 25th March, 1869, and the 25th March, 1870.
Houses in a unwholesome state cleansed. | No. of houses in which Fever and Small Pox has occurred disenfected. | Houses with bad drainage, drained. | Cesspools emptied or abolished. | accumulations of | Obstructed drains remedied. | Defective or untrapped drains remedied. | Offensive smells in houses abated. | Pigs Removed. | Foul or offensive Urinals cleansed. | Gullies cleansed | New Ashpits erected. | ||||||||||||
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Dust removed. | Dung, Ac., removed. | No. of cases. | No. of Pigs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
263 | 82 | 182 | 152 | 289 | 281 | 430 | 67 | 14 | 19 | 88 | 18 | 13 | 383 | ||||||||||
Water supply provided. | Trade nuisances abated. | Smoke nuisances abated. | Dangerous structures removed. | No. of workshops inspected. | Unwholesome fish destroyed. | Unwholesome vegetables destroyed. | No. of Slaughter houses inspected. | No. of Cow houses inspected. | No. of Bakehouses inspected. | No. of notices served. | No. of summonses and orders issued. | ||||||||||||
No. of cases. | No. of fish. | No. of cases. | No. ofcauliflowera, Ac. | ||||||||||||||||||||
105 | 4 | 4 | 72 | 102 | 19 | 1557 | 3 | 310 | 109 | 92 | 215 | 1809 | 52 |
In addition to the above 1,335 Houses were systematically inspected and improvements made as under.
Number of Houses Inspected. | Number of improvements effected. | Number of houses cleansed and whitewashed. | Number of dilapidated houses repaired. | Number of yards paved or improved. | Number of water receptacles improved. | Number of defective drains improved. | Foul and offensive closets improved. | Number of houses provided with ventilation. | Dangerous structures removed. |
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1,335 | 778 | 201 | 120 | 76 | 170 | 85 | 33 | 77 | 16 |
JOHN BAXTER, GEORGE COXHEAD, Insptctors. EICHARD EMBLIN, |