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St Giles (Camberwell) 1881

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table XIV.—RETURN of WORKS CARRIED OUT from the 26th MARCH, 1881, to the 25th March, 1882 (inclusive).

Description of Work.Inspectors.Total
MackayFisherSteven-souSedgley
Houses inspected387133573173387814279
,, re-inspected17891685142323877284
Notices served. 1st12071529132113195376
,, 2nd43344743167
Summonses22015845
Drains cleansed and repaired241138211371961
,, trapped2168059318673
Cesspools emptied12-21235
abolished12-9223
Closets provided1712222
,, cleansed and repaired17423031113548
water laid on to3642411202831008
Houses cleansed1141233928304
,, repaired266206664416
Water supplied to houses9284524106
Cisterns supplied17031773281
covered and repaired37375841173
Dust-bins provided2511365602401187
Houses drained into sewer172177101216
Yards paved7167439136
,, drained131111056190
Cow-houses inspected1013261362
Slaughter-houses inspected1388736
Bake-houses inspected38445940181
Overcrowding abated881026
Manure, foul accumulations, sc.,56836159259
011
Urinals cleansed9411126
Miscellaneous complaints attended1896714220490
Water supply-complaints of defi- ciency of12247-61
Notices outstanding35404783205
Houses in which structural alterations were made under Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act.---66
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 1875 and 1879, Samples submitted for Analysis53465152202
Summonses under the above Acts12712738
Cases of Small Pox attended to110554119107890
„ Scarlet Fever attended to17178117133499
„ Diphtheria attended to151216346
„ Fever attended to61313941
Houses disinfected1534572661711047
Lodging Houses inspected---217217