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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) 1864

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: Table VIII.Containing a Tabular Statement of Sanitary Works carried out between March 31st, 1864, and March 31st, 1865.

Table VIII.Containing a Tabular Statement of Sanitary Works carried out between March 31st, 1864, and March 31st, 1865.

1454Houses inspected.
3061st.Notices served on Owners and Occupiers of Houses.
132nd.
8Summonses.
193Houses cleansed and whitewashed.
33Houses repaired
97Yards paved and amended.
117Water supplied to premises.
49Water supplied to closets.
231Cesspools emptied.
62Cesspools filled up.
45Closets provided.
132Drains cleansed, trapped or otherwise improved.
874Nuisances arising from accumulations of Ashes, Refuse or Dung, from Pigs, &c., which have been inquired into and for the most removed or remedied.
55Slaughter Houses inspected, and kept under supervision.
64Cow-houses ditto ditto
84Bake-houses ditto ditto
8Works outstanding, or in progress.