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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) 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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Passages and staircases cleansed 200
Bakehouses inspected and cleansed 38
Workshops cleansed 8
Dairies and cowsheds inspected and cleansed 13
Water supply provided to dwelling-houses 15
Water fittings repaired 6
Water cisterns cleansed and repaired 30
Water cisterns abolished 7
Water supply put on from main 7
Urinals provided with water fittings 4
Urinals cleansed 13
New urinals provided 2
Urinal abolished 1
Roofs repaired 128
New roof provided to dwelling house 1
Ceilings repaired 51
New ceilings provided 2
Windows repaired 10
Floors repaired and ventilated 97
New floor provided 1
Staircases repaired 7
Gutters and down pipes repaired 68
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains 10
Stack pipes unchoked and repaired 10
Sink wastes repaired 20
„ disconnected from drain 6
New sink wastes provided 4
Yardg paved and drained 26
Yard pavements repaired 230
„ walls limewashed 103
Yards cleansed 13
Overcrowding nuisances abated 15
Occupation of underground rooms discontinued 5
Smoke nuisances abated 1
Stables and stable yards repaired and drained 27
Manure receptacles provided 6
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Animals improperly kept removed 8
Walls of dwelling bouses rendered and repaired 26