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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 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE VI.Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ended December31, 1889.

TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ended December31, 1889.

Black heath and Lewisham DivisionSydenham and Forest-hill Division.Penge.Total.
Number of Complaints received during the year216246886
Ditto made by Inspectors334269154
Number of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected8377254031965
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises310300165775
Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed737846197
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases684325136
House Drains Repaired, Cleansed, &c.7810790275
Same Trapped or Ventilated77253132
Water Closets Repaired, Cleansed, &c.354966
Same supplied with Water618331220
Now Water Closets provided............
New Dust Bins provided15424045439
Dust Bins Repaired, Covered, &c.313242177
New Water Cisterns provided78...179
Water Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered2371994440
No. of Lodging Houses required to bo registered under 35th Clause of the Sanitary Act, 186611...2
No. of Dust Complaints and requests for removal received and attended to862438337
Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse1223944
Removal of Animals improperly kept66...12
Licensed Cowhouses regularly Inspected1611734
Licensed Slaughterhouses ditto98320