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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

St Giles (Camberwell) 1859

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: Tabular Statement of Sanitary Works carried out between March 31st, 1859, aud March 31st, 1860

Tabular Statement of Sanitary Works carried out between March 31st, 1859, aud March 31st, 1860

2374Houses Inspected
3821st.Number of Notices served on Owners and Occupiers of Houses.
252nd.
6Summonses
280Houses cleansed and whitewashed
79Houses repaired
50Yards paved and amended
56Dust bins provided
78Water supplied to premises
62Water to closets
118Closets provided
120Cesspools filled up
274Cesspools emptied
307Drains trapped and amended
1358Sundry Nuisances arising from Ashes, Refuse, Dung, Pigs, &c.
43Slaughter Houses, all of which have been cleaned and whitened several times, and the paving repaired where deemed necessary.
31Works outstanding, or in progress