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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) 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser. | Mackay. | Fisher. | Comfort. | Gedge. | ||
| Cisterns covered or repaired | ... | 116 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 204 |
| Dust-bins provided | ... | 77 | 222 | 152 | 111 | 562 |
| Houses drained into sewer | ... | 49 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 84 |
| Yards paved | ... | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 25 |
| „ drained | ... | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| Cow-houses inspected | ... | 19 | 17 | 31 | 5 | 72 |
| Slaughter-houses inspected | ... | 13 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 45 |
| 15akc-houses inspected | ... | 0 | 0 | 31 | 37 | 68 |
| Overcrowding abated | ... | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Manure, foul accumulations, &c., removed | ... | 14 | 6 | 24 | 15 | 50 |
| Pigs removed | ... | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Urinals cleansed | ... | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| Miscellaneous complaints attended to | ... | 73 | 52 | 50 | 35 | 210 |
| Disorderly houses suppressed | ... | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Notices outstanding | ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Water supply—complaints of deficiency of | ... | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1857) Samples for Analysis submitted | 13 | 53 | 48 | 80 | 24 | 218 |
| Summonses under the above Act | ... | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| Unsound Meat Seized | ... | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cases of Small Pox attended to | ... | 265 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 524 |
| Cases of Scarlet Fever attended to | ... | 59 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
| Houses disinfected | ... | 240 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 433 |
| Lodging Houses inspected | 80 | 0 | 0 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
Inspector Fraser, in the beginning of April, 1866,
was, very much to my personal regret but doubtless for
the benefit of the Parish, appointed Superintendent of
the Dusting of the Parish, and thus, though still
retaining the title and post of Sanitary Inspector, was
removed from all ordinary sanitary duties, and, consequently,
very little sanitary work is put to his credit