Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 |
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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 |