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St Giles (Camberwell) 1875

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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TABLE III.— Return of Works carried out from the 26th March, 1875,
to 25th March, 1876 (inclusive).
Description of Work.
Inspectors.
Total.
Fraser.
MacKay.
Fisher.
Comfort.
Houses inspected
2626
3168
2935
2884
11,603
Notices served, 1st
977
943
910
620
3,450
Ditto 2nd
45
50
97
73
265
Ditto for Lodging Houses
129
...
...
...
129
Summonses
9
14
52
19
94
Drains cleansed and repaired
310
334
173
176
993
Ditto trapped
219
237
202
184
842
Cesspools emptied
1
5
4
5
15
Ditto abolished
4
5
5
5
19
Closets provided
...
17
13
4
34
Ditto cleansed and repaired
225
245
150
40
660
Ditto, water laid on to
244
326
244
84
898
Houses cleansed
314
106
157
20
597
Ditto repaired
309
158
59
77
603
Water supplied to houses
4
30
26
12
68
Butts and cisterns supplied
156
225
167
64
1041
Ditto covered or repaired
130
159
120
Dust bins provided
226
180
535
230
1171
Houses drained into sewer
49
52
17
16
134
Yards paved
???
10
9
74
128
Ditto drained
1???
15
35
43
112
Cow houses inspected
17
9
13
30
69
Slaughter houses inspected
8
9
14
12
43
Bake houses inspected
43
26
31
19
119
Lodging houses inspected
72
...
...
...
72
Houses overcrowded abated
26
18
4
...
48
Manure, foul accumulation, &c.,
removed
112
42
18
17
189
Cases in which pigs were removed
2
6
13
5
26
Bedding, &c., disinfected after
disease
37
27
61
55
180
Urinals cleansed
26
11
7
3
47
Miscellaneous complaints attended
to
315
201
205
225
946
Disorderly houses suppressed
2
...
...
...
2
Notices outstanding
...
17
27
24
68
Dust complaints attended to
...
...
...
...
4,141
Water supply—com plaints of deficiency
70
43
12
14
139
Houses proceeded against under
the Artizans' and Labourers'
Dwellings Act, 1868:—
For demolition of ditto
3
1
22
2
28
For structural alterations, &c.
6
...
5
7
18