London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Plumstead 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Plumstead]
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TABLE X.—
| Inspections and Results. | Special in both Districts. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West | East | |||
| Animals. | ||||
| Accumulations of manure removed | 15 | 16 | 22 | 53 |
| Animals kept in such a state, as to be a nuisance | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| Water. | ||||
| Defective and foul rain water tanks remedied | 22 | 3 | 6 | 31 |
| Defective water pipes flooding premises remedied | 71 | 46 | 47 | 164 |
| Insufficient supply for domestic purposes | 23 | 14 | 13 | 50 |
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Seizures of unsound food | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Obstructions of footpaths | .. | .. | 28 | 28 |
| Summonses at the Police Court | .. | .. | 15 | 15 |
| Cases of overcrowding remedied | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 |
| Ditches cleansed | .. | .. | 16 | 16 |
| Bakehouses cleansed | 23 | 15 | • • | 38 |
| Cowhouses and Slaughterhouses inspected | 14 | 14 | ||
| DISINFECTION. | Total. | |||
| No. of houses disinfectded after infectious disesae | 615 | |||
| „ cases disinfected for other parishes (Lee and Eltham) | 53 | |||
CLERICAL WORK.
| Letters | 833 |
| „ written | 845 |
| Notifications received | 815 |
| Certificates issued after disinfection | 1580 |
| Certificates of infectious disease forwarded to schools | 1065 |
| Notices for sanitary defects | 2482 |
| Complaints of Sanitary defects, non-removal of dust, &c. | 402 |