Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1894
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TABLE VI. Report of the Works of the Sanitary Department during the Year 1894.
No. of Complaints received. | Inspections of Dwelling Houses. | Houses Let in Lodgings. | Sanitary Worka completed In Dwelling Houses. | To Regulate Keeping of Animals. | Trade Supervision. | Foods. | Canal Boats. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Drainage, Ac. | Water Supply. | Dust Receptacles. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“House-to-House.” | On Complaint or after illness. | Cellar Dwellings. | Re-inspections of all kinds. | Houses placed on Register. | Registered Houses Inspected. | Entire Reconstruction. | Drains trapped and (or) ventilated. | Waste-pipes disconnected. | Rain-water-pipes disconnected. | W.C. New provided, repaired, Ac. | Soil-pipes ventilated. | Service Separated. | Supplies Reinstated. | Cisterns New provided. | Cisterns cleansed, repaired, &c. | Cisterns overflow disconnected. | New provided. | Repaired, &c. | Houses cleansed. | Cases of overcrowding abated. | Cellar-dwellings closed. | j Yards and Areas Paved and Drained. | Manure Receptacles Reconstructed, Ac. | Accumulations Removed. | Improperly kept Removed. | j Slaughterhouses. | Cowhouses. | Bakehouses. | Offensive Trades. | Seizure of Unsound Food. | Samples taken for Analysis. | Registered. | Inspected. | |||
Quarters. | 1 | 332 | .. | 603 | .. | 2251 | .. | .. | 71 | 92 | 27 | 30 | 58 | 20 | 34 | 17 | .. | 13 | .. | 6 | 3 | 51 | 6 | .. | 9 | .. | 15 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 17 | .. | 107 | .. | 25 | |
2 | 426 | .. | 658 | 1 | 2039 | .. | .. | 119 | 88 | 59 | 70 | 68 | 44 | 32 | 18 | 2 | 6 | .. | 1 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30 | .. | .. | 105 | .. | 4 | |
3 | 295 | .. | 621 | 1 | 2150 | .. | .. | 125 | 32 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 80 | .. | 26 | |
4 | 208 | 353 | 714 | .. | 2191 | .. | .. | 97 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 26 | .. | .. | 10 | 3 | 74 | .. | .. | 41 | 2 | 44 | |
Year | 1261 | 353 | 2596 | 2 | 8631 | .. | .. | 112 | 238 | 100 | 124 | 189 | 95 | 102 | 41 | 5 | 23 | .. | 11 | 9 | 85 | 37 | 1 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 121 | 1 | 1 | 333 | 2 | 99 |