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 XV.—RETURN OF WORKS CARRIED OUT
from the 26th march, 1886, to the 25th march. 1887 (inclusive).
Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Total. | ||||||||
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Mackay. | Stevenson. | Sedgley. | Groom. | |||||||
Houses inspected | 2565 | 1764 | 2544 | 2908 | 9781 | |||||
„ re-inspected | 1156 | 1574 | 1759 | 1599 | 6088 | |||||
Notices served, 1st | 678 | 579 | 893 | 729 | 2879 | |||||
„ „ 2nd | 30 | 41 | 121 | 66 | 258 | |||||
Summonses | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | |||||
Drains cleansed and repaired | 380 | 391 | 395 | 368 | 1534 | |||||
„ trapped | 370 | 453 | 288 | 544 | 1655 | |||||
Cesspools emptied | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||||
,, abolished | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |||||
Closets provided | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||
„ cleansed and repaired | 181 | 195 | 219 | 66 | 661 | |||||
„ water laid on to | 148 | 149 | 167 | 149 | 613 | |||||
House cleansed | 111 | 113 | 126 | 123 | 473 | |||||
„ repaired | 138 | 56 | 81 | 131 | 406 | |||||
„ ventilated | 21 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 51 | |||||
Wafer supplied to houses | 10 | 17 | 49 | 18 | 94 | |||||
Cisterns supplied | 9 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 66 | |||||
„ covered and repaired | 116 | 99 | 139 | 244 | 598 | |||||
Dustbins provided | 82 | 100 | 173 | 143 | 498 | |||||
„ repaired | 109 | 17 | 60 | 55 | 241 | |||||
Houses drained into sewer | 103 | 71 | 25 | 64 | 263 | |||||
Yards drained | 47 | 79 | 77 | 106 | 309 | |||||
„ paved | 53 | 79 | 0 | 8 | 2 14 | |||||
Sink and rainwater pipes cut off from dranis | 522 | 762 | 644 | 591 | 2519 | |||||
Cow-houses inspected | 9 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 47 | |||||
Slaughter-houses inspected | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | |||||
Bake-house inspected | 40 | 69 | 49 | 48 | 206 | |||||
Overcrowding abated | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 19 | |||||
Manure. foul accumulations, &c., removed | 34 | 87 | 55 | 64 | 240 | |||||
[ Pigs and other animals removed | 3 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 24 | |||||
Urinals cleansed | 22 | 5 | 10 | 84 | ||||||
Miscellaneous complaints attended to | 267 | 374 | 271 | 204 | 1176 | |||||
Water supply, complaints of defici ency of | 8 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 43 | |||||
Houses in which structural alterations were made under Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, samples submitted for analysis | 50 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 216 | |||||
Summonses under the above Acts | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | |||||
Cases of small Pox attended to | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||||
,, Scarlet Fever attended to | 26 | 18 | 53 | 58 | 155 | |||||
,, Fever attended to | 8 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 40 | |||||
„ Diphtheria attended to | 71 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 57 | |||||
Houses disinfected | 27 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 186 | |||||
Notices outstanding | 31 | 19 | 43 | 43 | 136 |