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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
Lewisham 1873
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE VI.
Inspectors' Report of the Sanitary Work,&c., completed in the year ending December 31, 1873.
| Total. | Black-heath. Lewis-ham. | Sydenham. | Penge. | Sub-Districts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 170 | 52 | 88 | 30 | No. of Complaints received during the year. | ||
| 1062 | 150 | 212 | 700 | No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected. | ||
| 132 | 46 | 36 | 50 | Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Results of Inspection. | |
| 73 | 25 | 25 | 25 | Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired and Whitewashed. | ||
| 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases. | ||
| 96 | 13 | 39 | 20 | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | House Drains. | |
| 4 | 20 | Trapped or Ventilated. | ||||
| 9 | 3 | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Privies and W. C.'s. | |||
| 91 | 5 | 3 | 50 | Supplied with Water. | ||
| 21 | New Provided. | |||||
| 141 | 60 | 21 | 60 | New Provided. | Dust Bins. | |
| 6 | 6 | Repaired, Covered, &c. | ||||
| 37 | 17 | 20 | Cisterns (new) erected. | Water Supply. | ||
| 5 | 5 | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered. | ||||
| No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Acts, 1866. | Miscellaneous. | |||||
| 203 | 35 | 18 | 150 | No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to. | ||
| 45 | 9 | 16 | 20 | Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | ||
| 38 | 2 | 11 | 25 | Removal of Animals improperly kept. | ||
| 60 | 21 | 25 | 14 | Bakehouses. | Regularly Inspected. | |
| 42 | 18 | 19 | 6 | Licensed Cowhouses. | ||
| 29 | 12 | 12 | 5 | Licensed Slaughterhouses. | ||
| 8 | Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings. | |||||