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 1898
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TABLE VI. Report of the Works of the Sanitary Department completed during the Year 1898.
No. of Complainta received. | Inspections of Dwelling Houses. | Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses. | To Regulate Keeping of Animals. | Trade Supervision. | Foods. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Drainage, &c. | Water Supply. | Dust Receptacles. | Miscellaneous. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"House-to-House." | On Complaint or after illness. | Cellar Dwellings. | Re-inspection of all kinds. | Entire Reconstruction. | Drains trapped and (or) ventilated. | Waste and rain-water pipes disconnected. | W.C. New provided, repaired, &c. | Soil-pipes ventilated. | Services 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. | Yards and Areas Paved and Drained. | Manure Receptacles Reconstructed, &c. | Accumulations Removed. | Improperly kept Removed. | Slaughterhouses. | Cowhouses, Milkshops, Dairies. | Bakehouses. | Offensive Trades. | Seizure of Unsound Food. | |||
Quarters. | 1 | 192 | 19 | 638 | .. | 3175 | 89 | 27 | 16 | 43 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 4 | .. | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 29 | 12 | 317 | .. |
2 | 181 | 23 | 655 | .. | 3241 | 112 | 25 | 19 | 54 | 26 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 10 | .. | 4 | 4 | 16 | 5 | .. | 10 | 1 | 38 | 1 | .. | 10 | 34 | 276 | .. | |
3 | 202 | 564 | .. | 3271 | 118 | 28 | 32 | 86 | 29 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 14 | .. | 8 | 1 | 40 | 3 | .. | 18 | 4 | 52 | 1 | .. | 39 | 31 | 233 | 1 | ||
4 | 143 | 33 | 705 | .. | 3515 | 123 | 29 | 13 | 71 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 16 | .. | 3 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 266 | ||
Year | 718 | 75 | 2562 | .. | 13202 | 442 | 109 | 80 | 254 | 107 | 48 | 40 | 28 | 44 | .. | 20 | 10 | 86 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 103 | 7 | 19 | 91 | 92 | 1092 | 1 |