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, 1885, to the 25TH march, 1886 (inclusive).
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Description of Work. | mackay. | stevenson. | sedgley. | groom. | total. |
Houses inspected | 3075 | 2835 | 2322 | 2627 | 10859 |
,, re-inspected | 2242 | 2098 | 798 | 1326 | 6464 |
Notices served. 1st | 836 | 1078 | 971 | 765 | 365o |
,, ,, 2nd | 28 | 51 | 101 | 96 | 276 |
Summonses | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
Drains cleansed and repaired | 261 | 411 | 144 | 186 | 1002 |
„ trapped | 240 | 500 | 162 | 283 | 1185 |
Cesspools emptied | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
,, abolished | 12 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 27 |
Closets provided | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
,, cleansed and repaired | 313 | 192 | 102 | 111 | 718 |
,, water laid on to | 145 | 159 | 134 | 231 | 669 |
Houses cleansed | 138 | 121 | 96 | 177 | 532 |
,, repaired | 112 | 21 | 56 | 146 | 335 |
„ ventilated | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
Water supplied to houses | 23 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 69 |
Cisterns supplied | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 |
„ covered and repaired | 134 | 122 | 94 | 121 | 471 |
Dustbins provided | 94 | 98 | 131 | 223 | 546 |
„ repaired | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Houses drained into sewer | 57 | 74 | 29 | 33 | 193 |
Yards drained | 35 | 117 | 61 | 121 | 334 |
„ paved | 38 | 111 | 65 | 79 | 293 |
Sinks and rainwater pipes cut off from drains | 93 | 583 | 657 | 0 | 1333 |
Cow-houses inspected | 9 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 50 |
Slaughter-houses inspected | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
Bake-houses inspected | 44 | 69 | 44 | 0 | 157 |
Overcrowding abated | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Manure, foul accumulations, &c., removed | 63 | 32 | 51 | 83 | 229 |
Pigs and other animals removed | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
Urinals cleansed | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 40 |
Miscellaneous complaints attended to | 435 | 336 | 282 | 205 | 1258 |
Water supply, complaints of deficiency of | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, samples submitted for analysis | 56 | 55 | 58 | 5o | 219 |
Summonses under the above Acts | 13 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 44 |
Cases of small Pox attended to | 36 | 272 | 271 | 24 | 603 |
,, Scarlet Fever attended to | 17 | 45 | 10 | 11 | 83 |
„ Fever attended to | 5 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 46 |
„ Diphtheria attended to | 25 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 71 |
Houses disinfected | 63 | 368 | 242 | 43 | 716 |
Notices outstanding | 27 | 68 | 24 | 32 | 151 |