Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1898
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TABLE IX.—
Animals. | West District Inspector. | Central District Inspector. | South District Inspector. | From 23rd Sep. to Dec. | Chief Inspector. | Total | |
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East District Inspector. | |||||||
Animals kept in such a state, as to be a nuisance | .. | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | |
Water. | |||||||
Defective and foul water tanks remedied | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 17 | |
Defective water pipes, rendering premises damp | 8 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 40 | |
Insufficient supply and water cut off by Water Company | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 12 | 18 | |
Miscellaneous. | |||||||
Obstructions of footpaths | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 17 | 18 | |
Number of cases of inattention to notices reported to Vestry Clerk for proceedings | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 137 | |
Summonses at the Police Court | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | |
Cases of overcrowding remedied | 65 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 90 | ||
Ditches cleansed | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17. | 17 | |
Bakehouses cleansed twice during the year | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 38 | |
Cowhouses and Slaughterhouses inspected | .. | •• | .. | •• | 13 | 13 | |
DISINFECTION. | Total. | ||||||
No. of houses disinfected after infectious disease | 513 | ||||||
„ cases disinfected for other parishes (Lee and Eltham) | 41 | ||||||
CLERICAL WORK. | |||||||
Letters received | 856 | ||||||
„ written | 1188 | ||||||
Notifications received | 631 | ||||||
Certificates issued after disinfection | 2588 | ||||||
„ of infectious disease forwarded to schools | 1243 | ||||||
Complaints of Sanitary defects, non-removal of dust, &c. | 518 | ||||||
Written Intimation Notices | 2498 | ||||||
Statutory Notices | 957 | ||||||
Dust-bin Notices | 523 |