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Bermondsey 1863
Report and accounts of the Vestry of the Parish of Bermondsey, Surrey, for the year ending Lady-Day 1864 and report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1863
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STATEMENT OF SANITARY WORKS, 1863.
129
Notices served by order of the Vestry.
Cesspools entirely done away with.
61
Pans and Traps provided, and connected with
Drains or Sewers.
136
Defective and Offensive Drains.
117
Badly payed Yards.
90
Offensive Accumulations.
15
Effluvia from Trade.
4
Animals so kept as to be a nuisance.
9
Dwellings without any privy accommodation.
3
Dwellings in a filthy and unwholesome condition.
91
Cesspools emptied, no Sewer within 100 feet.
-
Slaughterhouses inspected.
39
Slaughterhouses licensed.
39
Cow-houses inspected.
27
Summonses before Police Magistrates.
26
Notices not complied with.
44
20
TABLE VI. STATEMENT OF SANITARY WORKS, 1863.
| Notices served by order of the Vestry. | Cesspools entirely done away with. | Pans and Traps provided, and connected with Drains or Sewers. | Defective and Offensive Drains. | Badly payed Yards. | Offensive Accumulations. | Effluvia from Trade. | Animals so kept as to be a nuisance. | Dwellings without any privy accommodation. | Dwellings in a filthy and unwholesome condition. | Cesspools emptied, no Sewer within 100 feet. | Slaughterhouses inspected. | Slaughterhouses licensed. | Cow-houses inspected. | Summonses before Police Magistrates. | Notices not complied with. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 61 | 136 | 117 | 90 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 91 | – | 39 | 39 | 27 | 26 | 44 |