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 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackay | Fisher | Comfort | Gedge | Stevenson | ||
| Houses inspected | 1848 | 1039 | 1689 | 700 | 1424 | 6700 |
| Notices served, 1st | 1032 | 929 | 504 | 242 | 559 | 3266 |
| ,, 2nd | 50 | 43 | 42 | 61 | 59 | 255 |
| Summonses | 9 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 12 | 82 |
| Drains cleansed and repaired | 134 | 60 | 160 | 75 | 161 | 590 |
| „ trapped | 103 | 115 | 130 | 88 | 91 | 527 |
| Cesspools emptied | 1 | ... | 13 | ... | 7 | 21 |
| „ abolished | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | 7 | 17 |
| Closets provided | 24 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 30 |
| ,, cleansed and repaired | 136 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 98 | 388 |
| „ water laid on to | 248 | 223 | 76 | 70 | 161 | 778 |
| Houses cleansed | 78 | 14 | 24 | 53 | 28 | 197 |
| „ repaired | 150 | 1 | ... | 24 | 217 | 397 |
| Water supplied to houses | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | 40 | 48 |
| Cisterns supplied | 192 | 76 | 58 | 6 | 93 | 425 |
| Cisterns covered or repaired | 122 | 52 | 24 | 76 | 58 | 332 |
| Dust-bins provided | 162 | 80 | 139 | 77 | 137 | 595 |
| Houses drained into sewer | 27 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 101 |
| Yards paved | 6 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 31 |
| „ drained | 36 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 113 |
| Cow-houses inspected | 9 | 15 | 47 | ... | 19 | 90 |
| Slaughter-houses inspected | 10 | 12 | 12 | ... | 6 | 40 |
| Bake-houses inspected | 46 | 5i | ... | 23 | 120 | |
| Overcrowding abated | 4 | 3 | 4 | ... | 3 | 14 |
| Manure, foul accumulations, &c., removed | 14 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 62 |
| Pigs removed | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Urinals cleansed | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 30 |
| Miscellaneous complaints attended to | 77 | 9 | 68 | 25 | 43 | 222 |
| Disorderly houses suppressed | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Notices outstanding. | 21 | 19 | ... | ... | 17 | 57 |
| Water supply—complaints of deficiency of | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | 5 |
| Houses under the Artizans and Labourers Dwellings Act, 1868 demolished | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Number in which structural alteration &c., were made | 7 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | 17 |
| Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875 ) Samples for Analysis submitted | 49 | 32 | 67 | 27 | 27 | 202 |
| Summonses under the above Act | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| Cases of Small Pox attended to | 173 | 351 | ... | 8 | 33 | 565 |
| Cases of Scarlet Fever attended to | 44 | 78 | ... | ... | 20 | 142 |
| Typhus Fever (Cases of) | 1 | 26 | ... | ... | 2 | 29 |
| Cases of Diphtheria | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Houses disinfected | 161 | 300 | ... | 8 | 55 | 524 |