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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
Newington 1892
Thirty-seventh annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...
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Summary of Sanitary Work carried out between Lady-Day 1892 and Lady-Day , 1893.
| 1. | Total number of entries in Sanitary Work Register . | 6575 |
|---|---|---|
| 2. | Notices given for Houses to be drained into sewer | 213 |
| 3. | Blocked or defective drains remedied or repaired . | 342 |
| 4. | Drains reconstructed, or Interceptors, &c., provided | 227 |
| 5. | Closets repaired, cleansed or limewashed, or apparatus, &c., | |
| 2459 | ||
| 6. | Yards paved; paving repaired; gullies, &c., | 3598 |
| 7. | Sinks and rainpipes disconnected from drains | 1642 |
| 8. | Boofa, gutters and rain-pipes | 844 |
| 9. | Dustbins provided or | 766 |
| 10. | Foul rooms, passages, staircases, &c., cleansed and whitewashed | 989 |
| 11. | Water laid on to houses (after cutting off) | 28 |
| 12. | Nuisances from manure, animals, smoke, &c., abated .. .. | 91 |
| 13. | Closets rebuilt or additional ones provided | 32 |
| 14. | Infected rooms whitewashed and disinfected | 834 |
| 15. | Beds, palliasses, bolsters, pillows, &c., disinfected at Depot | 3306 |
| 16. | Cases of overcrowding abated .. .. | 9 |
| 17. | Slaughter and cow-houses inspected | 16 |
| 18. | Bakehouses inspected | 83 |
| 19. | Attendances at Police Courts | 47 |
| 20. | Number of bodies received into Mortuary | 128 |
| 21. | Sundry nuisances remedied not previously referred to | 305 |