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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) 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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| Nature ok Works. | Sub-Districts. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | ||||
| Number of complaints received during the year | 63 | 63 | 44 | 170 | ||
| Number of houses and premises visited and inspected | 3,531 | 5,144 | 2,371 | 11,046 | ||
| Result of Inspections. | Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises | 324 | 560 | 319 | 1,203 | |
| Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed | 110 | 178 | 144 | 432 | ||
| Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases | 79 | 111 | 64 | 254 | ||
| House Drains. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 45 | 51 | 18 | 114 | |
| Trapped or ventilated | 36 | H3 | 46 | 145 | ||
| New constructed | 21 | 24 | 18 | 63 | ||
| W.C.'s. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 90 | 189 | 129 | 408 | |
| Supplied with water | 6 | 5 | .. | 11 | ||
| New constructed | 8 | 2 | ... | 10 | ||
| Dust Bins. | New provided | 4 | 9 | 5 | 18 | |
| Repaired and covered | 87 | 92 | 179 | |||
| Water Supply | Cisterns (new) erected | ... | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered | 40 | 62 | 41 | 143 | ||
| Miscellaneous. | Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 1866 | 67 | 214 | 161 | 462 | |
| Removal of accumulation of dung,animal and other refuse | 35 | 111 | 86 | 232 | ||
| Removal of animals improperly kept | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Regularly inspected | Bakehouses | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 | |
| Licensed cow-houses | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
| Licensed slaughter-houses | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings | 14 | 15 | 10 | 39 | ||
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