London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Plumstead 1894
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE IX.—continued.
| Inspections and Results. | Special in both Districts. | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | East | ||||
| Animals. | |||||
| Accumulations of manure removed | 3 | 22 | 9 | 34 | |
| Animals kept in such a state, as to be a nuisance | 7 | 5 | 16 | ||
| Water. | |||||
| Defective and foul rain water tanks remedied | 13 | .. | 3 | 16 | |
| Defective water pipes flooding premises remedied | 23 | 23 | 10 | 56 | |
| Insufficient supply for domestic purposes | 13 | 11 | 5 | 29 | |
| Miscellaneous. | |||||
| Seizures of unsound food | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
| Obstructions of footpaths | .. | .. | 10 | 10 | |
| Summonses at the Police Court | .. | .. | 18 | 18 | |
| Cases of overcrowding remedied | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | |
| Ditches cleansed Bakehouses cleansed | .. | ..9 | 9 23 | ||
| DISINFECTION. | Total | ||||
| No of houses disinfected after infectious disease | 679 | ||||
| „ Cases disinfected for other parishes (Lee & Eltham) | 66 | ||||
| CLERICAL WORK. | |||||
| Letters received | 745 | ||||
| „ written | 924 | ||||
| Notifications received | 713 | ||||
| Certificates issued after disinfection | 2716 | ||||
| Certificates of infectious disease forwarded to schools | 1193 2756 | ||||