Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Thirty-ninth annual report of the proceedings of the Vestry of the Parish of St. Mary, Newington, London...]
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TABLE 13.
Summary of Sanitary Work carried out between Lady-Day 1894 and Lady-Day, 1895.
| 1. | Total number of entries in Sanitary Work Registers | 8048 |
| 2. | Notices given for Houses to be drained into sewer | 103 |
| 3. | Blocked or defective drains remedied or repaired | 244 |
| 4. | Drains reconstructed, or Interceptors, &c., provided | 1092 |
| 5. | Ventilation under floors ; to rooms, etc., provided | 413 |
| 6. | Dry areas provided or extended | 63 |
| 7. | Closets repaired, cleansed or limewashed, or water apparatus, &c., provided | 4106 |
| 8. | Yards paved; paving repaired; gullies, surface drains, &c., provided | 4994 |
| 9. | Sinks and rainpipes disconnected from drains | 2109 |
| 10. | Hoofs, gutters and rain-pipes repaired | 1313 |
| 11. | Dustbins provided or repaired | 1645 |
| 12. | Foul rooms, passages, staircases, &c., cleansed and whitewashed | 3749 |
| 13. | Water laid on to houses (after supply had been withdrawn) | 111 |
| 14. | Nuisances from manure, urinals, animals, smoke, &c., abated | 166 |
| 15. | Closets rebuilt or additional ones provided | 61 |
| 16. | Infected rooms whitewashed and disinfected | 757 |
| 17. | Beds, palliasses, bolsters, pillows, &c., disinfected at Depot | 3151 |
| 18. | Beds, palliasses, bolsters, pillows, &c., destroyed at Depot | 74 |
| 19. | Cases of overcrowding abated | 78 |
| 20. | Dust complaints entered in Vestry Clerk's book | 2887 |
| 21. | Slaughter and cow-houses inspected | 16 |
| 22. | Bakehouses inspected | 79 |
| 23. | Attendances at Police Courts | 45 |
| 24. | Number of bodies received into Mortuary | 155 |
| 25. | Sundry nuisances remedied not previously referred to | 128 |