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St Giles (Camberwell) 1866
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell, St. Giles]
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TABLE IV.
Wards
Number of
Houses
inspected.
Notices issued
1st.
Notices issued
2nd.
Summonses.
Drains cleansed
and amended.
Drains
trapped.
Cess ools
emptied.
Cesspools
filled up.
Closets
provided.
Closets
repaired.
Houses
cleansed.
Houses
repaired.
Water supplied
to premises.
Water
receptacles
provided.
Butts and
cisterns covered
Butts and
cisterns cleansed
Dust-bins
provided.
Yards
paved.
Miscellaneous
nuisances
attended to.
Notices
outstanding
at end of year.
Cow-houses
inspected.
Slaughter
houses inspected
houses
inspected.
3 & 6
1373
313
11
2
51
103
115
94
94
0
160
58
4
21
20
25
31
8
..
21
..
..
27
1
1592
259
37
4
162
162
306
197
221
0
128
40
65
60
82
32
18
42
..
13
..
..
20
2 & 4
1361
297
91
4
643
444
223
272
192
0
64
32
3
22
120
21
57
17
..
37
..
..
38
5
1268
375
64
5
30
326
336
319
318
22
189
131
0
12
172
..
206
7
••
46
..
.
20
Total
5594
1244
203
15
886
1035
980
882
825
22
541
261
72
115
394
78
312
74
1330
117
60
52
105