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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

Lewisham 1896

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham District]

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Table: TABLE VI.— Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work completed in the year1896.

TABLE VI.— Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work completed in the year1896.

Totals.Penge.Sydenham and Forest-hillBlack heath and LewishamSanitary Districts.
1043295377371Number of Complaints received during the year.
4861180317301328Number of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected.
11980347341954312No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.
1490608435447Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses, Premises &c.Results of Inspection.
1023104497422Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, Whitewashed, &e.
729125294310Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.
2011672635704Repaired, Cleansed, Trapped, &c.House Drains.
1032430324278Ventilated.
498193145160Repaired, &c.Privies and Waterclosets.
3919146254Supplied with Water
1919531745643New provided.
1222531306385New provided.Dust Bins.
9765923Repaired, Covered, &c.
362214...Cisterns (new) erected.Water supply.
896397316183Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.
251528Waste Pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.
1515......No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th sec. of the "Sanitary Act, 1866," or 90th sect, of " Public Health Act, 1875."Miscellaneous.
9383748Dust Removal—No. of Communications received and attended to.
91173341Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.
216123Animals Removed, being improperly kept.
93223833Bakehouses.Regularly Inspected.
2951113Licensed Cowsheds.
18378Licensed Slaughter-houses.
4118176Legal proceedings : i.e., Summonses.