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St Giles (Camberwell) 1883

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Summary of Sanitary Duties Performed by the Sanitary Inspectors, and Works Executed under their Directions, during the 27 Years which
have elapsed between the institution of the Vestry in 1856, and March 26th, 1883
Surveyor's Return of Number of
Houses Drained.
Houses inspected.
Lodging Houses,
inspected.
0Houses LimeWhited,
See.
Houses repaired.
Dust Bins provided
or amended.
Butts and Cisterns
provided, amended,
or cleansed.
Water supplied to
Water supplied to
Closets.
Closets piovided,
repaired, and
cleansed.
Cesspools emptied
and abolished.
Drains cleansed,
trapped, and
repaired.
Houses Drained into
Sewer.
Yards paved or
drained.
Overcrowding
abated.
Manure, dust. See.,
removed.
Pigs, See., removed.
Urinals cleansed.
Miscellaneous
Nuisances.
Cow Houses
inspected.
Slaughter Houses
inspected.
Bakehouses
inspected.
Houses proceeded
against under Arlizans'
Dwelling Act.
tended to.
Houses disinfected.
Lots of Bedding
disinfected.
Inspections under
Workshops' Act.
Notices served.
Sommonses.
Articles analyzed,
under Food Act.
Summonses under
Food Act, See.
This return for the most part includes the return of houses
drained into the sewers, given in the adjoining table.
Permanently.
Temporarily.
Total.
1856-7
2313
..
278
27
?
?
15
34
704
666
895
543
172
..
..
?
..
..
48
..
..
..
..
..
..
?
?
..
..
424
119
543
1857-8
2594
..
171
21
41
?
51
98
324
564
635
328
84
..
..
755
..
..
..
50
..
..
..
..
..
..
678
..
..
273
108
381
1858-9
2557
..
286
51
85
?
56
30
177
526
189
177
73
..
..
567
..
..
..
48
..
..
..
..
..
..
529
..
..
325
97
422
1859-60
2374
..
280
79
56
?
78
62
118
394
307
118
50
..
..
1358
..
..
..
43
..
..
..
..
..
..
407
6
..
..
258
122
380
1860-1
2100
..
237
48
48
?
151
50
145
674
425
148
40
..
..
1623
..
..
..
42
..
..
..
..
..
..
5
..
..
256
110
366
1861-2
1953
..
268
29
25
?
105
75
102
576
232
102
42
..
..
1402
..
..
..
44
..
..
..
..
..
384
13
..
..
392
153
545
1862-3
1374
..
241
73
20
?
78
62
93
417
473
93
61
..
..
1280
..
..
..
52
..
..
..
..
..
346
22
..
..
546
251
797
1863-4
1393
..
134
41
8
?
56
24
137
349
229
137
52
..
..
933
..
..
64
55
82
..
..
..
..
..
293
13
..
..
632
369
1001
1864-5
1454
..
193
33
00
?
117
49
45
293
132
42
97
..
..
874
..
..
64
55
84
..
..
..
..
..
319
8
..
..
459
199
658
1865-6
1467
..
189
54
5
?
41
58
292
816
625
292
74
..
..
893
..
..
68
55
88
..
..
..
..
..
396
12
..
..
1205
161
1366
1866-7
5594
..
541
261
312
587
72
?
825
1862
1921
825
72
..
..
*1330
..
..
60
52
105
..
..
..
..
..
1447
15
..
..
2518
22
2540
1867-8
5730
..
248
145
1088
361
92
?
756
2153
2407
756
75
..
..
*3203
..
..
56
49
115
..
..
..
..
..
1465
54
..
..
2505
10
2515
1868-9
5408
..
338
67
760
174
4343
15
237
377
818
216
40
..
..
*2360
..
....
61
51
127
..
..
..
..
49
935
11
..
..
1311
1
1312
1869-70
5782
..
430
60
470
165
8
10
350
401
953
290
47
..
..
*3846
..
67
..
..
..
..
39
1015
..
..
2
1188
1870-1
13503
524
554
?
539
189
5
?
117
127
821
117
56
..
..
*4398
..
78
51
126
..
207
2002
21
..
..
763
..
763
..
..
1871-2
12110
128
1150
376
911
233
4
264
126
196
891
167
110
7
..
45
33
68
46
109
..
801
?
298
..
2452
27
584
30
614
1872-3
16583
27
925
489
1133
836
5
215
541
188
1451
172
93
10
50
26
67
45
121
6
78
?
?
..
2677
34
596
2
598
1873-4
11364
191
411
434
544
441
6
151
413
53
785
65
27
2419
38
24
207
70
46
134
16
?
?
9
..
1893
20
339
41
581
..
591
1874-5
9818
19
562
513
1041
549
45
194
663
60
1019
82
168
15
3636
32
28
825
74
47
133
0
?
?
48
..
2120
28
229
30
928
6
934
1875-6
11603
19
597
603
1171
1041
45
194
694
60
1019
82
240
48
*3636
26
47
1089
69
43
119
46
?
?
180
..
3844
94
138
14
1099
4
1876-7
5187
80
368
337
562
709
68
1478
303
54
1004
134
50
24
59
2
27
271
72
45
68
0
672
433
415
..
3290
106
218
20
1498
6
1504
1877-8
6700
0
197
397
592
757
22
778
418
38
1117
101
144
14
62
3
30
228
20
40
120
18
741
524
514
..
3521
82
202
21
1560
..
1560
1878-9
11164
228
515
333
882
818
48
1348
368
70
1178
253
137
13
159
7
34
619
86
45
153
5
448
375
379
..
3712
45
231
48
2340
3
2343
1879-80
9770
93
734
401
969
766
17618
1020
454
58
1621
178
125
5
96
13
33
648
80
41
115
1
716
667
662
..
4098
55
220
2340
3
1568q
lRfln.l
13299
239
371
277
684
597
509
33
1458
196
268
32
302
16
28
816
86
42
188
0
851
540
569
..
1314
46
249
34
1568
..
1568
1881-2
14279
217
304
416
1187
455
106
1008
570
58
1634
216
326
26
259
1
26
490
62
36
181
6
1476
1047
1002
..
5543
45
202
38
1295
..
1295
1882-3
12691
217
249
243
746
564
57
948
580
84
1511
237
302
13
189
3
47
725
53
36
175
18
642
454
452
..
2806
..
Total ..
190164
2035
10471
5908
13877
9241
1652
10038
10061
11121
26678
6069
3088
234
12722
236
383
7335
1395
1258
2476
116
6425
4041
4528
295
50910
794
2238
322
28344
1778
30122
45671
J. S. BRISTOWE,
Medical Officer of Health.
J. C. REYNOLDS.
Surveyor,
' All these items comprise mainly complaints of non-removal of Dust, chiefly made by the Inspector of Nuisances. In 1872 and since 1875 they have been omitted, as they are dealt with directly by a special Inspector, who January 22nd 1884
supervises the removal of Dust. Where queries are placed, they imply either that accidentally no record has been preserved, or that the items are included in figures under some other heading. Thus for several years the
disinfection of houses was included in the column for Houses Lime-Whited, &c.