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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

St Giles (Camden) 1893

Annual report for the year ending 25th March 1894

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Table: TABLE VI.Report op Sanitary Works, &c., in 1893, carried out under theSuperintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

TABLE VI.

Report op Sanitary Works, &c., in 1893, carried out under the

Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

Nature of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
Number of complaints received during the year507836164
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected3,6334,9552,23310,821
Result of Inspections.Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises3325362401,108
Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed104183131418
Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases10615191348
House Drains.Repaired, cleansed, &c.769920195
Trapped or ventilated399445178
New constructed40271380
W.C.'s.Repaired, cleansed, &c.6513259256
Supplied with water1111...22
New constructed............
Dust Bins.New provided37515
Repaired and covered549039183
Water SupplyCisterns (new) erected............
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered569636188
Miscellaneous.Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 186689211181481
Removal of accumulation of dung, animal and other refuse6715061278
Removal of animals improperly kept23611
Regularly nspected.Bakehouses128929
Licensed cow-houses...1...1
Licensed slaughter-houses...112
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings14181850