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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 (Camden) 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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| House improvements in Localities. | A. Around Bedford Square. | B. Around Russell Square. | C. Around Coram Street. | D. Around Bloomsbury-sq. | E. Around Church Lane. | F. Around Dudley Street. | G. Around Short's Gardens | H. Around North ern part of Drury Lane. | K. Around South ern part of Drury Lane. | L. Around Lincoln's Inn Fields. | Whole District of St. Giles. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of houses improved | 29 | 58 | 60 | 36 | 50 | 106 | 55 | 65 | 61 | 32 | 552 | |
| Improvements in Drainage | Drains constructed | 13 | 36 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 137 |
| Improved or repaired | 4 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 108 | |
| Cesspools abolished | 8 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 31 | 7 | 182 | |
| Cesspools cleaned only | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | ... | 47 | |
| Stables drained and horse-pools abolished | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Stables drained and horse-pools abolished | 8 | 24 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 36 | |
| In Water Closets. | Pan, trap, and water provided | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | ... | 51 |
| Water and apparatus only provided | 5 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 35 | 5 | 159 | |
| Cleaned or repaired | 3 | ... | 10 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 116 | |
| Newly constructed or re-built | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 25 | |
| In Dust Bins. | Newly constructed | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| Repaired or coverd | ... | ... | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 15 | ... | 50 | |
| Paving. | Re-laid | 7 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 69 |
| In General Water Supply. | Receptacles provided | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| Receptacles repaired | +1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | ... | 64 | |
| Water suply. provid. where none in house before | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | |
| In Cleanliness and Repair. | Generally repaired | ... | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ... | 39 |
| Cleansed and lime-whited | 6 | 12 | 33 | 22 | 27 | 45 | 31 | 46 | 59 | 4 | 285 | |
| Various accumulations removd, from cellars, &c. | 1 | ... | 4 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 70 | |
| Ventilation, &c. | Ventilation improved | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 23 |
| Overcrowding reduced | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ... | 21 | |
| Kitchens disused | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 1 | ... | 60 | |
| „ made legally habitable | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 11 | |
| Other rooms disused | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | |
| Proceedings , taken. | First notices | 27 | 17 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 104 | 35 | 20 | 19 | 29 | 321 |
| Second notices, letters, &c | 3 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | ... | 10 | ... | 53 | |
| Summoned | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 25 | |
| Reported to Police or District Survey or | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 10 | |
| Total improvements | 80 | 154 | 184 | 123 | 132 | 259 | 183 | 204 | 255 | 56 | 1630 | |