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St Giles (Camden) 1890

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

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Table: TABLE VI.Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1890, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

TABLE VI.

Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1890, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

Nature of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
Number of complaints received during the year7214759278
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected3,4485,4002,49311,341
Result of Inspections.Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises2675233121,102
Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed101137141379
Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases565742155
House Drains.Repaired, cleansed, &c.446527136
Trapped or ventilated235356132
New constructed1371737
W.C.'s.Repaired, cleansed, &c.59174113346
Supplied with water115...16
New constructed5229
Dust Bins.New provided4329
Repaired and covered315547133
Water SupplyCisterns (new) erected2...13
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered307841149
Miscellaneous.Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 186681228188497
Removal of accumulation of dung, animal and other refuse239587205
Removal of animals improperly kept1359
Regularly inspected.Bakehouses419730
Licensed cow-houses21...3
Licensed slaughter-houses2114
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings8171237