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St Giles (Camberwell) 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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29
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
The number of Houses within this Parisn
which have been drained into the Public Sewers
under the supervision of the Yestry during the past
years, is as follows :—
Houses permanently Drained 506
do. temporarily Drained 2
Total Number of Houses Drained 598
DILAPIDATED & UNHEALTHY DWELLINGS.
Six Houses, called North Row Cottages, Crown
Street, Avenue Road, Camberwell.
The attention of the Sanitary Committee having
been specially drawn to the condition of the above
Property by your Medical Officer of Health and
Surveyor, who reported "that the said Premises
were in a state dangerous to health and unfit for
human habitation;" and your Surveyor having further
reported that, in his opinion, "No Structural
Alterations or Amendments could be made thereto,"
—Notices were served upon the Owners (under the