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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 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE VI.—Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work completedin the year 1895.

TABLE VI.—Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work completed

in the year 1895.

Totals.Penge.Sydenham and Forest-hillBlackheath and Lewisham.Sanitary Districts.
867315348204Number of Complaints received during the year.
43991800l828771Number of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.
6555310117051749No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.
1803636703464Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses, Premises &c.Results of Inspection.
91956456407Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.
50174203224Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.
1800810478512Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.House Drains.
1126585283258Ventilated.
29910152146Repaired, &c.Privies and Waterclosets.
41820712289Supplied with Water
1531671486374New provided.
885316263306New provided.Dust Bins.
9756374Repaired, Covered, &c.
1......1Cisterns (new) erected.Water Supply.
600162287151Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.
14441373Waste Pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.
1515......No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th sec. of the "Sanitary Act, 1866," or 90th sect, of "Public Health Act, 1875."Miscellaneous.
8444139Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to.
65163415Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.
18369Animals Removed, being improperly kept.
90223830Bakehouses.Regularly Inspected.
2951113Licensed Cowsheds.
18378Licensed Slaughter-houses.
22958Legal proceedings: i.e., Summonses.