Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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Table III.
Return of Works carried out from March 26th, 1873,
to March 25th, 1874 (inclusive).
Description of Work.
Wood.
Cooper.
Waters.
Eraser.
McKay.
Total.
Houses inspected
1,862
3,700
233
4,693
876
11364
Notices served, 1st
192
218
...
1,028
199
1,637
Ditto 2nd
4
14
...
27
16
61
Ditto for Lodging Houses
...
...
...
195
...
195
Summonses
2
5
...
13
...
20
Drains cleansed and repaired
71
68
...
271
69
479
Ditto trapped
32
39
...
202
33
306
Cesspools emptied
8
2
...
15
2
27
Ditto abolished
4
2
...
18
2
26
Closets provided
16
1
...
8
...
25
Ditto cleansed and repaired
27
54
...
219
88
388
Ditto, water laid on to
25
11
...
107
8
151
Houses cleansed
15
68
...
308
20
411
Ditto repaired
21
54
...
321
38
434
Water supplied to houses
5
1
...
...
...
6
Butts and cisterns provided
1
7
...
372
8
441
Ditto covered or repaired
18
10
...
25
Dust bins provided
40
57
...
365
82
544
Houses drained into sewer
...
12
...
51
2
65
Yards paved
16
1
...
12
10
39
Ditto drained
10
1
...
26
12
49
Cow houses inspected & measured
37
17
...
16
...
70
Slaughter houses inspected
17
15
...
14
...
46
Bake houses inspected
...
39
...
59
36
134
Lodging houses inspected and
registered
...
14
...
177
...
191
Houses overcrowded abated
...
9
...
16
2
27
Manure, &c., removed
9
2
...
37
4
52
Pigs removed
5
13
...
13
7
38
Bedding, &c., disinfected after
disease
2
...
...
6
1
9
Urinals cleansed
2
4
...
16
2
24
Miscellaneous complaints
ded to
5
23
...
144
30
202
Disorderly houses suppressed
...
...
...
5
...
5
Notices outstanding
...
7
....
6
8
21
Dust complaints attended to
340
473
...
1,385
160
2,358
Adulteration of Food and
Drink Act, 1872.
Samples for analysis submitted
26
28
...
148
137
339
Summonses under above Act
2
2
...
25
12
41