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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

Westminster 1896

Annual report upon the public health & sanitary condition of the united Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster for the year 1896

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Notices outstanding, 189560
„ uncomplied with, 189655
Summary of defects found :—
Results of inspection — Houses, premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, limewhited64
Results of inspection — Houses disinfected after illness of an infectious character208
Drains—House drains repaired, cleansed, trapped, and ventilated; new drains provided to old houses, premises, &c.296
Water closets—Repaired, &c.; supplied with water; new provided209
Dust bins—New provided ; repaired, covered, &c.155
Water supply—Cisterns, new erected; cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered; cistern, overflow pipes connected with drains, &c., abolished116
Number of lodging-houses registered (since July)12
Dust removal—Communications received and attended to30
Removal of accumulations of refuse, dung, stagnant water, &c.56
Animals removed, being improperly kept44
Milk shops, bakehouses, licensed cow-houses, slaughter-houses, regularly inspected50
Miscellaneous97
Total1,337

Table: Report of Inspector Kirk for Ward 3 St. Margaret, and Ward 2 St. John, from July to December, under section 3 and 4 Public Health (London) Act, 1891, etc.:—

Report of Inspector Kirk for Ward 3 St. Margaret, and Ward 2 St. John, from July to December, under section 3 and 4 Public Health (London) Act, 1891, etc.:—

Inspections made572
Defects found1,514
Notices served331
Works completed851
Notices, not complied with47

Table: This list includes works executed under notices served under Bye-laws for houses let in lodgings.

This list includes works executed under notices served under Bye-laws for houses let in lodgings.

1. Houses and tenements cleansed and whitened, &c.840
2. Houses disinfected102
3. Drains cleansed, trapped, &c.54
4. Drains, new, provided57