Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE IX.—continued.
Inspections and Results. | Special in both Districts. | Total | |||
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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 |