Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]
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Report of Sanitary Works, &o., in 1894, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
Nature ok Works. | Sub.Districts. | Total. | ||||
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St. George, Blooinsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | ||||
Number of complaints received during the year | 41 | 74 | 33 | 148 | ||
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected | 3,343 | 5,472 | 2,394 | 11,209 | ||
Result of Inspections. | Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises | 323 | 531 | 312 | 1,166 | |
Houses, premises, &c., idealised, repaired, and 'whitewashed | 91 | 200 | 142 | 433 | ||
Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases | 32 | 70 | 47 | 149 | ||
House Drains. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 53 | 72 | 30 | 155 | |
Trapped or ventilated | 35 | 88 | 42 | 165 | ||
New constructed | 152 | 33 | 41 | 226 | ||
W.C.'s. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 158 | 199 | ... | 357 | |
Supplied with water | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
New constructed | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 | ||
Dust Bins. | New provided | 12 | 8 | 25 | ||
Repaired and covered | 35 | 85 | 44 | 164 | ||
Water Supply | Cisterns (new) erected | |||||
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered | 37 | 98 | 53 | 188 | ||
Miscellaneous. | Number of Lodging.houses registered under Sanitary Act, 1866 | 89 | 210 | 180 | 479 | |
Removal of accumulation of dung,animal and other refuse | 50 | 123 | 102 | 275 | ||
Removal of animals improperly kept | 1 | ... | 6 | |||
Regularly inspected. | Bakehouses | 14 | 8 | 29 | ||
Licensed cow.houses | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
Licensed slaughter.houses | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Other proceedings, e.g., legal proceedings | 14 | 11 | 5 | 30 |