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St Giles (Camberwell) 1880

[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
MackayFisherStevensonSedgley
Houses inspected351332212917364813299
„ re-inspected7006065557172578
Notices served, 1st1129100396410124108
„ 2nd51414569206
Summonses...1624646
Drains cleansed and repaired256148124293821
„ trapped16683167221637
Cesspools emptied727117
„ abolished726116
Closets provided17532752
„ cleansed and repaired1721677246457
„ water laid on to2413313272701169
Houses cleansed812035928371
„ repaired138575141277
Water supplied to houses1282089129
Cisterns supplied11634263279
„ covered and repaired586078122318
Dust-bins provided161153121249684
Houses drained into sewer371610439196
Yards paved317302189
„ drained25612127179
Cow-houses inspected1013412286
Slaughter-houses inspected15128742
Bake-houses inspected63333953188
Overcrowding abated7132132
Manure, foul accumulations, &c., removed701712590302
Pigs removed3...12116
Urinals cleansed5106728
Miscellaneous complaints attended to167105214234720
Water supply—complaints of deficiency of21...304596
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 Analysis63606363249
Summonses under the above Acts11811434
Cases of Small Pox attended to571909865410
„ Scarlet Fever attended to7711913839373
„ Fever attended to768425
„ Diphtheria attended to111019343
Houses disinfected91174174101540
Lodging Houses inspected...22...217239
Notices outstanding38395653186