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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 Giles (Camberwell) 1870

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

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Table: TABLE IV.RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUT FROM MARCH 25 th , 1870, TO MARCH 25 th , 1871.

TABLE IV.

RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUT FROM MARCH 25 th , 1870, TO MARCH 25 th , 1871.

Wood.Cooper.Waters.Eraser.Total.
Houses inspected426243794862_13503
Notices served, 1st508426532—1466
Ditto 2nd2057105-182
Summonses4125-21
Drains cleansed153180248-581
Drains trapped4412274-240
Cesspools emptied611543—119
Cesspools filled up521739—108
Closets provided71739—117
Houses cleansed129141284—554
Water supplied212—5
Butts and cisterns supplied61218—36
Ditto ditto covered742653—153
Dust bins provided202155182—539
Yards paved161525—56
Miscellaneous complaints attended to14897226—471
Dust complaints—-——3927
Notices outstanding12183—33
Cow-houses inspected152132—78
Slaughter-houses inspected261717—61
Sake-houses inspected534528—126
Workshops inspected16158168207
Houses re-numbered75169——244
Houses registered under Lodging-house regulations—--524524
Notices served on owners and occupiers—-—354354
No. of cards and copies of regulations delivered——-18581858
No. of disorderly houses suppressed—-—88