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 op Sanitary Works, &c., in 1895, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
Nature of Works. | Sub-Districts. | Total. | ||||
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St. George, Bloomsbury. | St. Giles, South. | St. Giles, North. | ||||
Number of complaints received during the year | 52 | 78 | 47 | 177 | ||
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected | 3,857 | 5,051 | 2,353 | 11,261 | ||
Result of Inspections. | Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises | 315 | 658 | 283 | 1,256 | |
Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed | 122 | 216 | 136 | 474 | ||
Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases | 63 | 98 | 52 | 213 | ||
House Drains. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 52 | 79 | 30 | 161 | |
Trapped or ventilated | 14 | 41 | 33 | 88 | ||
New constructed | 59 | 41 | 44 | 144 | ||
W.C.'s. | Repaired, cleansed, &c. | 57 | 118 | 53 | 228 | |
Supplied with water | 1 | 1 | ||||
New constructed | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Dust Bins. | New provided | 17 | 17 | 6 | 40 | |
Repaired and covered | 31 | 81 | 47 | 159 | ||
Water Supply | Cisterns (new) erected | 14 | 13 | 27 | ||
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered | 24 | 75 | 47 | 146 | ||
Miscellaneous. | Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 1866 | 89 | 201 | 181 | 471 | |
Removal of accumulation of dung, animal, and other refuse | 27 | 100 | 80 | 207 | ||
Removal of animals improperly kept | 1 | ... | 5 | 6 | ||
Regularly inspected. | Bakehouses | 14 | 6 | 6 | 26 | |
Licensed cow-houses | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ||
Licensed slaughter-houses | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Other proceedings, e g., legal proceedings | 11 | 9 | 14 | 34 |