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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
City of London 1865
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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No. VII.—Account of the Sanitary Work performed in the City during the Year 1866.
| Quarters Ending. | HOUSES GENERALLY. | LODGING-HOUSES. | PARTICULARS OF THE ORDERS ISSUED. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Orders Issued. | Inspections. | Orders Issued. | Cleansing and Lime-whiting. | Removal of Dust, &c. | Amending Water Supply. | Removing Cesspools. | Amending Sinks and Drains. | Removing Waste Water. | Cleansing and Repairing Privies. | Abating Smoke. | Abating Overcrowding. | Cleansing and Re-paving Cow-houses. | Cleansing and Re-paving Slaughter-houses. | |
| December 1865 | 2021 | 329 | 741 | 114 | 210 | 19 | 79 | 6 | 92 | 20 | 138 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| March 1866 | 2002 | 238 | 857 | 63 | 130 | 11 | 49 | 1 | 80 | 15 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| June 1866 | 1856 | 783 | 804 | 165 | 826 | 30 | 71 | 5 | 76 | 2 | 353 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| September 1866 | 3063 | 1311 | 869 | 65 | 914 | 146 | 389 | 0 | 178 | 10 | 271 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Entire Year | 8942 | 2661 | 3271 | 407 | 200 | 206 | 588 | 12 | 426 | 47 | 845 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Total General Orders in 1866 8942 ; Orders Issued, 2661. Lodging-house Inspections, 3271; Orders Issued, 407.
Average of Eight Years 6487; „ „ 2134. „ „ „ 3100; „ „ 270.