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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
St George (Southwark) 1868
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Parish of St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
REMOVAL OP NUISANCES CONTINUED.
| Number of Cases. | |
|---|---|
| Apartments cleansed and disinfected | 22 |
| Dust Bins provided or repaired | 141 |
| Yard Paving repaired | 142 |
| Houses cleansed throughout | 177 |
| Partial cleansing and colouring | 63 |
| Water Butts cleansed, repaired, or new or extra Butts set up | 211 |
| Service Pipes repaired | 35 |
| Sinks in Back Yards repaired or trapped | 194 |
| Pans in Water Closets cleansed | 6 |
| Roofs repaired | 183 |
| Drains opened and cleansed | 68 |
| Privies emptied and abolished and Water Closets formed | 12 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 4 |
| Rain Water Pipes repaired | 127 |
| Water Closets repaired | 29 |
| Piggeries abolished | 1 |
| Yards lime-washed | 37 |
| Drains repaired | 60 |
| Supply of Water provided | 73 |
| Closet Drains panned and trapped | 43 |
| Other improvements | 24 |
| Catgut Promises inspected | 2 |
| Inspections of Bone Boilers' premises | 104 |
| Do. Catgut Makers' Premises | 90 |
| Do. Horse Slaughterers' Premises | 60 |
| Total | 1908 |
Of 38 Summonses issued in relation to Nuisances 2 were dismissed, and in 36 cases the
Defendants were convicted. Six bushels of Fruit and 23 lots of Fish, weighing about
2 tons 12 cwt., were seized, condemned, and destroyed,
JOHN EDWARDS, Inspector of Nuisances.