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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 Limehouse]

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Table: TABLE VI.INSPECTORS REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c. Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1889.

TABLE VI.

INSPECTORS REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c. Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1889.

• Sanitary Work, &c.Limehouse.Ratcliff, S bad well, and Wapping.Total.
Houses,Premises,&c. inspected216021014261
Orders issued for Amendments147511992671
Houses cleansed and whitewashed321231552
Houses disinfected14353196
Drains repaired, cleansed and trap232289521
Yards Paved and Paving Repaired145206351
Privies Cleansed and Repaired19773270 |
,, supplied with Water140117287
204868
Water supply laid on6637103 !
Waste Pipes connected with Drains abolished39541
Dust removal Complaints attended to4805501030
Removal of accumulation, &c111728
Dead Bodies removed to Mortuary4—4
Canal Boats inspected72—72
Floorings, Stairs, Window Sashes, Eaves Gutters provided, and Roofs Repaired14267209
Overcrowding abated5—5
Notices to Schools23490324
Factory Inspections30—30
Nuisances abated257
Bakehouses inspected272249
Licensed Cowsheds inspected5813
,, Slaughter Houses inspected527
Legal proceedings, i.e., Summonses17825
Houses Closed, Unfit for habitation12—12
Drain Test used146131277
Notices given the District Surveyor of dangerous and dilapidated premises84— 1
Improved Ventilation in Houses1784
Basements discontinued to be used as Dwellings44 |