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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 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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| Total. | Blackheath. Lewisham. | Sydenham. | Penge. | Sub-Districts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9106 | 3407 | 3309 | 2390 | No. of Inhabited Houses. | ||
| 228 | 92 | 109 | 27 | No. of Complaints received during the year. | ||
| 2754 | 560 | 1444 | 750 | No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected. | ||
| 223 | 59 | 102 | 62 | Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Results of Inspection. | |
| 70 | 32 | 26 | 12 | Houses and Premises, ice., Cleansed, Repaired and Whitewashed. | ||
| 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases. | ||
| 133 | 36 | 44 | 25 | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | House Drains. | |
| 11 | 5 | 12 | Trapped or Ventilated. | |||
| 114 | 17 | 13 | — | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Privies and W. C.S. | |
| 32 | 36 | Supplied with Water. | ||||
| — | — | New Provided. | ||||
| 140 | 45 | 50 | 45 | New Provided. | Dust Bins. | |
| 12 | 8 | — | 4 | Repaired, Covered, &c. | ||
| 58 | 8 | 20 | 30 | Cisterns (new) erected. | Water Supply. | |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered. | |||
| — | — | — | — | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Acts, 1866. | Miscellaneous. | |
| 215 | 73 | 45 | 97 | No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to. | ||
| 40 | 11 | 11 | 18 | Removal of accumulation of Dung, nant Water, Animal and other | StagRefuse. | |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Removal of Animals improperly kept. | ||
| 21 | 19 | 14 | Bakehouses. | Regularly Inspected. | ||
| 44 | 18 | 20 | 6 | Licensed Cowhouses. | ||
| 29 | 12 | 12 | 5 | Licensed Slaughterhouses. | ||
| 26 | 13 | 10 | 3 | Other I Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings. | ||