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St Giles (Camberwell) 1882

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: TABLE XII.—RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUTfrom the26thMARCH,1882,to the25THMarch,1883(inclusive).

TABLE XII.—RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUTfrom the26thMARCH,1882,to the25THMarch,1883(inclusive).

Description of Work.Inspectors.Total.
Mackay.Fisher.Stevenson.Sedgley
Houses inspected ...............32183220273635i712691
,, re-inspected..............13251671120418586058
Notices served, 1st .............78898281310182601
» >> 2nd..............32285i94205
Summonses ....................457319
Drains cleansed and repaired ......222i«3251219875
,, trapped ..................x4484hi277636
Cesspools emptied................101025—45
,, abolished .............101015439
Closets provided ................1523828
,, cleansed and repaired......16619312568552
,, water laid on to .........255290182221948
Houses cleansed ................115732437249
,, repaired ................117205&60243
Water supplied to houses ........3f133357
Cisterns supplied ................13369972283
,, covered and repaired......722614934281
Dustbins provided................164151210221746
Houses drained into sewer.......175i13633237
Yards paved ...................1779342159
,, drained....................1739429143
Cow-houses inspected ............101323753
Slaughter-houses inspected........12811536
Bakehouses inspected ............37415740175
Overcrowding abated ............42—713
Manure, foul accumulations, See.,
removed......................39115i88189
Pigs removed....................2—1—3
Urinals cleansed ................76211347
Miscellaneous complaints attended to139751973H725
Water supply, complaints of deficiency of........................1043724
Houses in which structural alterations were made under Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act ......12618
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, samples submitted for analysis ......53525352210
Summonses under the above Acts..6151073«
Cases of Small Pox attended to.. ..31762762196
,, Scarlet Fever attended to..«75595103320
,, Fever attended to........111819452
,, Diphtheria attended to ..141043774
Houses disinfected ..............7492112176454
Lodging houses inspected ........———217217
Notices outstanding..............4i357826180