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St Giles (Camberwell) 1886

[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.
Mackay.Stevenson.Sedgley.Groom.
Houses inspected25651764254429089781
„ re-inspected11561574175915996088
Notices served, 1st6785798937292879
„ „ 2nd304112166258
Summonses0151117
Drains cleansed and repaired3803913953681534
„ trapped3704532885441655
Cesspools emptied22026
,, abolished225514
Closets provided61018
„ cleansed and repaired18119521966661
„ water laid on to148149167149613
House cleansed111113126123473
„ repaired1385681131406
„ ventilated21147951
Wafer supplied to houses1017491894
Cisterns supplied9510666
„ covered and repaired11699139244598
Dustbins provided82100173143498
„ repaired109176055241
Houses drained into sewer103712564263
Yards drained477977106309
„ paved5379082 14
Sink and rainwater pipes cut off from dranis5227626445912519
Cow-houses inspected92210647
Slaughter-houses inspected976224
Bake-house inspected40694948206
Overcrowding abated549119
Manure. foul accumulations, &c., removed34875564240
[ Pigs and other animals removed3111924
Urinals cleansed224751084
Miscellaneous complaints attended to2673742712041176
Water supply, complaints of defici ency of8919743
Houses in which structural alterations were made under Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act00000
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, samples submitted for analysis50545656216
Summonses under the above Acts7481130
Cases of small Pox attended to27009
,, Scarlet Fever attended to26185358155
,, Fever attended to8971640
„ Diphtheria attended to713091157
Houses disinfected27445263186
Notices outstanding31194343136