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 VIII.— RETURN of WORKS CARRIED OUT from the 26th MARCH, 1880, to the 25TH MARCH, 1881 (inclusive).
Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mackay | Fisher | Stevenson | Sedgley | ||
Houses inspected | 3513 | 3221 | 2917 | 3648 | 13299 |
„ re-inspected | 700 | 606 | 555 | 717 | 2578 |
Notices served, 1st | 1129 | 1003 | 964 | 1012 | 4108 |
„ 2nd | 51 | 41 | 45 | 69 | 206 |
Summonses | ... | 16 | 24 | 6 | 46 |
Drains cleansed and repaired | 256 | 148 | 124 | 293 | 821 |
„ trapped | 166 | 83 | 167 | 221 | 637 |
Cesspools emptied | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
„ abolished | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
Closets provided | 17 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 52 |
„ cleansed and repaired | 172 | 167 | 72 | 46 | 457 |
„ water laid on to | 241 | 331 | 327 | 270 | 1169 |
Houses cleansed | 81 | 203 | 59 | 28 | 371 |
„ repaired | 138 | 57 | 51 | 41 | 277 |
Water supplied to houses | 12 | 8 | 20 | 89 | 129 |
Cisterns supplied | 116 | 34 | 26 | 3 | 279 |
„ covered and repaired | 58 | 60 | 78 | 122 | 318 |
Dust-bins provided | 161 | 153 | 121 | 249 | 684 |
Houses drained into sewer | 37 | 16 | 104 | 39 | 196 |
Yards paved | 31 | 7 | 30 | 21 | 89 |
„ drained | 25 | 6 | 121 | 27 | 179 |
Cow-houses inspected | 10 | 13 | 41 | 22 | 86 |
Slaughter-houses inspected | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 42 |
Bake-houses inspected | 63 | 33 | 39 | 53 | 188 |
Overcrowding abated | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 32 |
Manure, foul accumulations, &c., removed | 70 | 17 | 125 | 90 | 302 |
Pigs removed | 3 | ... | 12 | 1 | 16 |
Urinals cleansed | 5 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
Miscellaneous complaints attended to | 167 | 105 | 214 | 234 | 720 |
Water supply—complaints of deficiency of | 21 | ... | 30 | 45 | 96 |
Houses in which structural alterations were made under Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 1875 and 1879, Samples submitted for Analysis | 63 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 249 |
Summonses under the above Acts | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 34 |
Cases of Small Pox attended to | 57 | 190 | 98 | 65 | 410 |
„ Scarlet Fever attended to | 77 | 119 | 138 | 39 | 373 |
„ Fever attended to | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 25 |
„ Diphtheria attended to | 11 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 43 |
Houses disinfected | 91 | 174 | 174 | 101 | 540 |
Lodging Houses inspected | ... | 22 | ... | 217 | 239 |
Notices outstanding | 38 | 39 | 56 | 53 | 186 |