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St Giles (Camberwell) 1877

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table VII.— RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUT FROM THE26th
MARCH, 1877, TO THE 25TH MARCH, 1878, (inclusive).

Table VII.-Return of works carried out from the 26th

march, 1877, to the 25th march, 1878,(inclusive).

Description of work.Inspectores.Total
MackayFisherComfortGedgeStevenson
Houses inspected18481039168970014246700
Notices served, 1st10329295042425593266
,, 2nd5043426159255
Summonses9193661282
Drains cleansed and repaired1346016075161590
„ trapped1031151308891527
Cesspools emptied1...13...721
„ abolished1...9...717
Closets provided2441...130
,, cleansed and repaired1363520998388
„ water laid on to2482237670161778
Houses cleansed7814245328197
„ repaired1501...24217397
Water supplied to houses31...44048
Cisterns supplied1927658693425
Cisterns covered or repaired12252247658332
Dust-bins provided1628013977137595
Houses drained into sewer274116314101
Yards paved65102831
„ drained367101842113
Cow-houses inspected91547...1990
Slaughter-houses inspected101212...640
Bake-houses inspected465i...23120
Overcrowding abated434...314
Manure, foul accumulations, &c., removed14610141862
Pigs removed......2...13
Urinals cleansed28411530
Miscellaneous complaints attended to779682543222
Disorderly houses suppressed1.........1
Notices outstanding.2119......1757
Water supply—complaints of deficiency of...1......45
Houses under the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act, 1868 demolished2............2
Number in which structural alteration &c., were made710.........17
Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875 ) Samples for Analysis submitted4932672727202
Summonses under the above Act4255521
Cases of Small Pox attended to173351...833565
Cases of Scarlet Fever attended to4478......20142
Typhus Fever (Cases of)126......229
Cases of Diphtheria23.........5
Houses disinfected161300...855524