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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) 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: TABLE IV.RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUT FROM MARCH 25 th , 1870, TO MARCH 25 th , 1871.

TABLE IV.

RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUT FROM MARCH 25 th , 1870, TO MARCH 25 th , 1871.

Wood.Cooper.Waters.Fraser.Total.
Houses inspected426243794862-13503
Notices served, 1st508426532-1466
Ditto 2nd2057105-182
Summonses4125-21
Drains cleansed153180248-581
Drains trapped4412274-240
Cesspools emptied611543-119
Cesspools filled up521739-108
Closets provided71739-117
Houses cleansed129141284-554
Water supplied212-5
Butts and cisterns supplied61218-36
Ditto ditto covered742653-153
Dust bins provided202155182-539
Yards paved161525-56
Miscellaneous complaints attended to14897226-471
Dust complaints----3927
Notices outstanding12183-33
Cow-houses inspected152132-78
Slaughter-houses inspected261717-61
Bake-houses inspected534528-126
Workshops inspected16158168207
Houses re-numbered75169--244
Houses registered under Lodging-house regulations---524524
Notices served on owners and occupiers---354354
No. of cards and copies of regulations delivered---18581858
No. of disorderly houses suppressed---88