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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 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham

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Table: TABLE VI.— Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1893.

TABLE VI.— Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work completed in the year 1893.

Total.Penge.Sydenham and Foreat-hillBlackheath and LewishamSanitary Districts.
41125C10556Number of Complaints received during the year.
24741021720733Number of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.
2624660994970No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.
108065458557Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses, Premises &c.Results of Inspection.
673112360201Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.
92162478381Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.
902408359135Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.House Drains.
61820335461Ventilated.
44460142212Repaired, &c.Privies and Waterclosets.
2508314918Supplied with Water
9983511New provided.
168367557New provided.Dust Bins.
118133867Repaired, Covered, &c.
271116Cioterns (new) erected.Water Supply.
2731516692Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.
4118925864Waste Pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.
............No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th sec. of the "Sanitary Act, 1866," or 90th of " Public Health Act, 1875."Miscellaneous.
232513592Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to.
4682315Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.
293917Animals Removed, being improperly kept.
80213722Bakehouses.Regularly Inspected.
3151115Licensed Cowsheds.
21389Licensed Slaughter-houses.
24...1311Legal proceedings: i.e., Summonses.