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 XIV.—RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUT from the 26 th March, i884, to the 25TH March, i885 (inclusive)
| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackay | Fishkr. | Stevenson. | Sedgley | ||
| Houses inspected | 3912 | 3042 | 3237 | 3438 | 13629 |
| „ re-inspected | 2191 | 1729 | 1532 | 1699 | 7151 |
| Notices served 1st | 979 | 841 | 825 | 829 | 3474 |
| „ „ 2nd | 49 | 23 | 28 | 37 | 137 |
| Summonses | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Drains cleansed and repaired | 245 | 294 | 254 | 242 | 1035 |
| „ trapped | 211 | 239 | 1141 | 34 5 | 1836 |
| Cesspools emptied | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| „ abolished | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| Closets provided | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 22 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 315 | 320 | 167 | 158 | 960 |
| „ water laid on to | 285 | 196 | 155 | 139 | 775 |
| Houses cleansed | 225 | 130 | 144 | 118 | 617 |
| „ repaired | 99 | 89 | 52 | 111 | 351 |
| Water supplied to houses | 6 | 6 | 29 | 14 | 55 |
| Cisterns supplied | 49 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 73 |
| „ covered and repaired | 73 | 99 | 64 | 131 | 367 |
| Dustbins provided | 164 | 154 | 131 | 143 | 592 |
| Houses drained into sewer | 41 | 28 | 110 | 58 | 237 |
| Yards paved | 89 | 40 | 56 | 43 | 228 |
| „ drained | 62 | 45 | 56 | 73 | 236 |
| Cow-houses inspected | 9 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 50 |
| Slaughter-houses inspected | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 29 |
| Bake-houses inspected | 35 | 44 | 75 | 47 | 201 |
| Overcrowding abated | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| Manure, foul accumulations, See., removed | 34 | 15 | 87 | 53 | 189 |
| Pigs removed | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 16 |
| Urinals cleansed | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 40 |
| Miscellaneous complaints attended to | 291 | 100 | 217 | 210 | 818 |
| Water supply, complaints of deficiency of | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Houses in which structural alterations were made under Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Acts | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 and 1879, samples submitted for analysis | 57 | 58 | 56 | 55 | 226 |
| Summonses under the above Acts | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 25 |
| Cases of small Pox attended to | 50 | 230 | 86 | 51 | 417 |
| „ Scarlet Fever attended to | 60 | 37 | 61 | 28 | 186 |
| „ Fever attended to | 11 | 42 | 7 | 112 | 172 |
| „ Diphtheria attended to . | 19 | 16 | 48 | 14 | 96 |
| Houses disinfected | 92 | 220 | 101 | 94 | 307 |
| Lodging houses inspected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 217 |
| Notices outstanding | 25 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 124 |