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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) 1889

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

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Table: TABLE VI.Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1889, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

TABLE VI.

Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1889, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

Nature op Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
Number of complaints received during the year11811981318
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected3,6295,7332,36111,723
Result of Inspections.Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises2555282611,044
Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed60171120351
Rooms disinfected afterinfectiousdiseases38302088
House Drains.Repaired, cleansed, &c315420105
Trapped or ventilated207155146
New constructed351018
W.C.'s.Repaired, cleansed, &c76199122397
Supplied with water144...18
New constructed...2...2
Dust Bins.New provided45110
Repaired and covered406539144
Water I SupplyCisterns (new) erected22...4
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered235137111
Miscellaneous.Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 1866i 81228188497
Removal of accumulation of dung,animal' and other refuse2512594244
Removal of animals improperly kept12...3
Rularly inspected.Bakehouses419730
Licensed cow-houses2'1...3
Licensed slaughter-houses2114
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings571426