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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) 1872

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: TABLE III.RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUT FROM MARCH 26th, 1872, TO MARCH 25th, 1873.

TABLE III.

RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUT FROM MARCH 26th, 1872, TO MARCH 25th, 1873.

Wood.Cooper.Waters.Fraser.Total.
Houses inspected96648404985579216583
Notices served, 1st8447445215172527
Ditto 2nd0144132150
Summonses2512634
Drains cleansed48117209385759
Drains trapped49101106436692
Cesspools emptied1517431994
Cesspools abolished1517431994
Closets provided06102743
Closets repaired25027419498
Closets (water laid on to)202028147215
Houses cleansed20229285391925
Houses repaired004485489
Water supplied05005
Butts and cisterns provided02016733836
Butts and cisterns covered02938
Dust bins provided0143259651133
Yards paved04176687
Yards drained00066
Houses drained into Sewer6645052172
Cow-houses inspected018341567
Slaughter-houses inspected.014171445
Bake-houses inspected0423148121
Lodging-houses inspected0146727
Overcrowding abated0001010
Manure, &c., removed07221746
Pigs removed02032750
Urinals cleansed0431926
Miscellaneous complaints137139313436
Small-pox cases220203678
Disorderly houses suppressed00066
Notices outstanding014263674