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St Olave 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Olave]

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26
SANITARY WORK.
NUISANCES UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON)
ACT, 1891.
Under this Act the following 13 houses were closed by
the owners after the receipt of notices. In only one of them,
125, Tooley-street, was a Magistrate's order necessary:—
Gibbon's-rents, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16
and 17;
Morgan's-lane, No. 6.;
Tooley-street, No. 125.
In Table V. (Sanitary) at the end of the report, prepared
by your Sanitary Inspector, Mr. Ashdown, will be found a
detailed list of nuisances and other insanitary conditions
reported upon and work done during the year. This has all
been satisfactorily carried out under the supervision of your
careful and conscientious Inspector, and drains thoroughly
tested by the water test before being covered in.
HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTIONS.
With your Sanitary Inspector I have made the following
house to house inspections during the year, and all sanitary
defects found have been remedied under his supervision:—
Barnham-street-buildings, 5 Block 38 dwellings.
Bermondsey-place 7 houses.
Brewer's-turnings, Nos. 5 to 10 5 „
Coxson-place (part) 18 „
Finnimore-place 6 ,,