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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 1894

[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 year1894.

TABLE VI. — Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work completed in the year1894.

Totals.Penge.Sydenham and Forest-hillBlackheath and Lewisham.Sanitary Districts.
818294305219Number of Complaints received during the year.
314615181126502Number of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.
459719631876754No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &e.
1804447853504Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses, Premises &c.Results of Inspection.
54110635382Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &c.
58654262270Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.
1529704590235Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.House Drains.
92544738494Ventilated.
633345157131Repaired, &c.Privies and Waterclosets.
32011569136Supplied with Water
57012141633New provided.
698256314128New provided.Dust Bins.
7737355Repaired, Covered, &c.
11...74Cisterns (new) erected.Water Supply.
624177319128Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.
44895158195Waste Pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.
1515......No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th sec. of the "Sanitary Act, 1866," or 90th sect, of " Public Health Act, 1875."Miscellaneous.
171511749Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to.
7663238Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.
16178Animals Removed, being improperly kept.
92213932Bakehouses.Regularly Inspected.
2751210Licensed Cowsheds.
233713Licensed Slaughter-houses.
5015629Legal proceedings : i.e., Summonses.