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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Water-closets new pans and traps fixed 125
„ limewashed 249
New water-closets erected 33
New soil pipes erected 13
Soil pipes ventilated full diameter 4
New sinks erected 5
Sink waste pipes and rain water pipes disconnected from drain 31
Sink waste pipes repaired 12
Interior of premises cleansed and whitewashed 44
Rooms of houses ,, ,, 454
Staircases and passages „ ,, 106
Workshops and bakehouses., ,, 32
Walls of yard ,, 241
Washhouses ,, ,, 133
Damp walls of houses remedied 12
Ceilings and floors of rooms repaired 107
Light and ventilation provided to staircases 4
Occupation of "Underground " rooms discontinued 2
Nuisances from overcrowding abated 11
Ventilation to floors provided 2
Yards repaired and repaved 109
New rain-water pipes and rain-water guttering fixed 51
Roofs of houses, guttering and stack-pipes repaired 147
Water supply provided to dwelling houses 5
Water supply for drinking purposes put on direct from main 2
Water storage cisterns cleansed 15
,, „ covered 8
New dustbins (galvanised) provided 174
Dust shoots abolished 2
Foul accumulations removed 44
Animals improperly kept removed 12
Manure receptacles provided 2
Smoke nuisances abated 2
Miscellaneous defects remedied 77
Bakehouses inspected 8
Slaughter-house inspected 1
Total 2238
(Signed) ROBERT SIMPSON,
Sanitary Inspector.