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St Giles (Camden) 1895

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

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Table: TABLE VI.Report op Sanitary Works, &c., in 1895, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.

TABLE VI.

Report op Sanitary Works, &c., in 1895, 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 year527847177
Number of houses and premises visited and inspected3,8575,0512,35311,261
Result of Inspections.Orders issued for sanitary amendments of houses and premises3156582831,256
Houses and premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, and whitewashed122216136474
Rooms disinfected after infectious diseases639852213
House Drains.Repaired, cleansed, &c.527930161
Trapped or ventilated14413388
New constructed594144144
W.C.'s.Repaired, cleansed, &c.5711853228
Supplied with water11
New constructed1113
Dust Bins.New provided1717640
Repaired and covered318147159
Water SupplyCisterns (new) erected141327
Cisterns cleansed, repaired and covered247547146
Miscellaneous.Number of Lodging-houses registered under Sanitary Act, 186689201181471
Removal of accumulation of dung, animal, and other refuse2710080207
Removal of animals improperly kept1...56
Regularly inspected.Bakehouses146626
Licensed cow-houses...1...1
Licensed slaughter-houses...112
Other proceedings, e g., legal proceedings1191434