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 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.