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St Giles (Camden) 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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TABLE VI.
Report of the Sanitary Works, &c., in 1880, carried out under the Superintendence of the Sanitary Inspectors.
| Sub-District. | St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, North. | st.. Giles, South. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of complaints received during the year | 71 | 112 | 45 | 228 | ||
| Number of houses and premises visited and inspected | 2,596 | 886 | 6,629 | 10,111 | ||
| Result of Inspections. | Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises | 431 | 67 | 748 | 1,246 | |
| Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed | 190 | 81 | 547 | 818 | ||
| Houses disinfected after infectious diseases | 19 | 3 | 56 | 78 | ||
| House Drains. | Repaired, cleansed, &c | 81 | 19 | 126 | 226 | |
| Trapped or ventilated | 55 | 9 | 107 | 171 | ||
| New constructed | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | ||
| W.C.'s | Repaired, cleansed, &c | 123 | 27 | 147 | 297 | |
| Supplied with water | 36 | - | 153 | 220 | ||
| N ew constructed | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dust Bins. | New provided | 1 | 17 | - | 18 | |
| Repaired and covered | 71 | 27 | 162 | 260 | ||
| Water Supply. | Cisterns (new) erected | 5 | 5 | 13 | 23 | |
| Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered- | 125 | 31 | 249 | .4 5 | ||
| Miscellaneous | Number of lodging houses registered under Sanitary Act, 1866 | - | - | - | - | |
| Number of dust complaints received and attended to | 862 | 291 | 1,439 | 2,595 | ||
| Removal of accumulation of dung, animal and other refuse | 32 | - | 124 | 156 | ||
| Removal of animals improperly kept | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | ||
| Regularly inspected. | Bakehouses | 6 | 4 | 28 | 38 | |
| Licensed cow houses | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | ||
| Licensed slaughter houses | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
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