Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]
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TABLE VI.—
Totals. | Penge. | Sydenham and Forest-hill | Black heath and Lewisham | Sanitary Districts. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1043 | 295 | 377 | 371 | Number of Complaints received during the year. | ||
4861 | 1803 | 1730 | 1328 | Number of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected. | ||
11980 | 3473 | 4195 | 4312 | No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c. | ||
1490 | 608 | 435 | 447 | Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses, Premises &c. | Results of Inspection. | |
1023 | 104 | 497 | 422 | Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &e. | ||
729 | 125 | 294 | 310 | Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character. | ||
2011 | 672 | 635 | 704 | Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c. | House Drains. | |
1032 | 430 | 324 | 278 | Ventilated. | ||
498 | 193 | 145 | 160 | Repaired, &c. | Privies and Waterclosets. | |
391 | 91 | 46 | 254 | Supplied with Water | ||
1919 | 531 | 745 | 643 | New provided. | ||
1222 | 531 | 306 | 385 | New provided. | Dust Bins. | |
97 | 65 | 9 | 23 | Repaired, Covered, &c. | ||
36 | 22 | 14 | ... | Cisterns (new) erected. | Water supply. | |
896 | 397 | 316 | 183 | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered. | ||
25 | 15 | 2 | 8 | Waste Pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished. | ||
15 | 15 | ... | ... | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th sec. of the "Sanitary Act, 1866," or 90th sect, of " Public Health Act, 1875." | Miscellaneous. | |
93 | 8 | 37 | 48 | Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to. | ||
91 | 17 | 33 | 41 | Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | ||
21 | 6 | 12 | 3 | Animals Removed, being improperly kept. | ||
93 | 22 | 38 | 33 | Bakehouses. | Regularly Inspected. | |
29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | Licensed Cowsheds. | ||
18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | Licensed Slaughter-houses. | ||
41 | 18 | 17 | 6 | Legal proceedings : i.e., Summonses. |