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St Giles (Camden) 1894

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

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Table: TABLE VI.Report of Sanitary Works, &o., in 1894, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

TABLE VI.

Report of Sanitary Works, &o., in 1894, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

Nature ok Works.Sub.Districts.Total.
St. George, Blooinsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
Number of complaints received during the year417433148
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected3,3435,4722,39411,209
Result of Inspections.Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises3235313121,166
Houses, premises, &c., idealised, repaired, and 'whitewashed91200142433
Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases327047149
House Drains.Repaired, cleansed, &c.537230155
Trapped or ventilated358842165
New constructed1523341226
W.C.'s.Repaired, cleansed, &c.158199...357
Supplied with water............
New constructed23...5
Dust Bins.New provided128625
Repaired and covered358544164
Water SupplyCisterns (new) erected
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered379853188
Miscellaneous.Number of Lodging.houses registered under Sanitary Act, 186689210180479
Removal of accumulation of dung,animal and other refuse50123102275
Removal of animals improperly kept1...56
Regularly inspected.Bakehouses148729
Licensed cow.houses...1...1
Licensed slaughter.houses112
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings1411530