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St Giles (Camden) 1891

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

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Table: TABLE VI.Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1891, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

TABLE VI.

Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1891, 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 year64140102306
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected3,6335,4242,42411,481
Result of Inspections.Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises2445242951,063
Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed94242149485
Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases434130114
House Drains.Repaired, cleansed, &c.445930113
Trapped or ventilated246144129
New constructed1051732
W.C.'s.Repaired, cleansed, &c.73186137396
Supplied with water1411126
New constructed4116
Dust Bins.New provided8...412
Repaired and covered366436136
Water SupplyCisterns (new) erected3317
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered527749178
Miscellaneous.Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 186667214180461
Removal of accumulation of dung, animal and other refuse3714570252
Removal of animals improperly kept2...46
Regularly inspected.Bakehouses128727
Licensed cow-houses21...3
Licensed slaughter-houses1113
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings12152047