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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

Camberwell 1865

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]

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Table: Table III.—Containing a Tabular Statement of Sanitary Works carried out between March 31st, 1865, and March 31st, 1866.

Table III.—Containing a Tabular Statement of Sanitary Works carried out between March 31st, 1865, and March 31st, 1866.

1467Houses Inspected.
3721st.Notices served on Owners and Occupiers of Houses.
242nd.
12Summonses.
189Houses cleansed and whitewashed.
54Houses repaired.
74Yards paved and amended.
5Dust-bins provided.
41Water supplied to premises.
58Water supplied to closets.
492Cesspools emptied.
324Cesspools filled up.
290Closets provided.
625Drains cleansed, trapped, or otherwise improved.
893Nuisances arising from accumulations of Ashes, Refuse, or Dung, from Pigs, &c., which have been inquired into and for the most part removed or remedied.
55Slaughter Houses inspected and kept under supervision
68Cow-houses ditto ditto.
88Bake-houses ditto ditto.
40Works outstanding, or in progress.