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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) 1874
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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Table II.
Return of Works carried out from the 26th March, 1874 to 25th March, 1875 (inclusive).
| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper. | Fraser. | McKay. | Fisher. | Comfort. | ||
| Houses inspected | 1347 | 3550 | 3466 | 689 | 766 | 9818 |
| Notices served, 1st | 75 | 885 | 779 | 133 | 132 | 2004 |
| Ditto 2nd | 2 | 54 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 94 |
| Ditto for Lodging Houses | ... | 22 | ... | ... | ... | 22 |
| Summonses | 2 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 28 |
| Drains cleansed and repaired | 28 | 339 | 203 | 17 | 46 | 633 |
| Ditto trapped | 10 | 149 | 182 | 23 | 22 | 386 |
| Cesspools emptied | ... | 3 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 24 |
| Ditto abolished | 1 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 36- |
| Closets provided | ... | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 6 |
| Ditto cleansed and repaired | 10 | 127 | 260 | 21 | 39 | 457 |
| Ditto, water laid on to | 5 | 79 | 69 | 26 | 15 | 194 |
| Houses cleansed | 16 | 319 | 129 | 6 | 2 | 562 |
| Ditto repaired | 1 | 380 | 171 | 31 | 2 | 513- |
| Water supplied to houses | 3 | 24 | 18 | ... | ... | 45 |
| Butts and cisterns provided | 1 | 367 | 69 | 1 | 5 | 549 |
| Ditto covered or repaired | 13 | 35 | 45 | 13 | ||
| Dust bins provided | 43 | 300 | 521 | 142 | 35 | 1041 |
| Houses drained into sewer | 39 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 82 | |
| Yards paved | 1 | 30 | 18 | 24 | 75 | |
| Ditto drained | 2 | 17 | 33 | 28 | 13 | 93 |
| Cow houses inspected | ... | 26 | 48 | ... | ... | 74 |
| Slaughter houses inspected | ... | 20 | 27 | ... | ••• | 47 |
| Bake houses inspected | ... | 71 | 62 | ... | ... | 133 |
| Lodging houses inspected and registered | ... | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 19 |
| Houses overcrowded abated | ••• | 11 | 4 | ... | ... | 15 |
| Manure, foul accumulations, &c., removed | 3 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 77 |
| Cases in which pigs were removed | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | ... | 32 |
| Bedding, &c., disinfected after disease | 1 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 48 |
| Urinals cleansed | ... | 17 | 10 | 1 | ... | 28 |
| Miscellaneous complaints attended to | 14 | 396 | 287 | 69 | 53 | 819 |
| Disorde ly houses suppressed | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | ... | 8 |
| Notices outstanding | ... | 26 | 6 | 26 | 14 | 72 |
| Dust complaints attended to | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3299 |
| Diseased meat seized and owner summoned | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Water supply—complaints of deficiency | 1 | 160 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 259 |
| Sample for analysis submitted | ... | 104 | 108 | 8 | 9 | 229 |
| Summonses under above Act | ... | 20 | 9 | ... | 1 | 30 |