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, 1887, to the 25TH March, 1888 (Inclusive).
Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Total. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mackay. | Stevenson. | Sedgley. | Groom. | Pointon. | ||
Houses inspected | 1781 | 2604 | 1923 | 2369 | 95 | 8772 |
„ re-inspected | 1117 | 2111 | 1801 | 1645 | 82 | 6756 |
Notices served, 1st | 561 | 442 | 744 | 843 | 30 | 2620 |
„ „ 2nd | 29 | 39 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 127 |
Summonses | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
Drains cleansed and repaired | 252 | 776 | 294 | 755 | 45 | 2122 |
„ trapped | 212 | 776 | 294 | 755 | 45 | 2082 |
Cesspools emptied | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
,, abolished | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
Closets provided | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
„ cleansed and repaired | 264 | 197 | 160 | 119 | 10 | 750 |
„ ventilated | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 28 |
„ water laid on to | 157 | 231 | 186 | 167 | 12 | 753 |
Houses cleansed | 127 | 47 | 72 | 98 | 6 | 350 |
„ repaired | 120 | 89 | 110 | 116 | 2 | 437 |
Water supplied to houses | 5 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
Cisterns supplied | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
„ covered and repaired | 69 | 127 | 85 | 140 | 2 | 423 |
Dustbins provided | 58 | 198 | 128 | 114 | 3 | 501 |
„ repaired | 44 | 1 | 59 | 33 | 1 | 138 |
Houses drained into sewer | 22 | 182 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 269 |
Yards paved | 80 | 43 | 82 | 96 | 9 | 310 |
„ drained | 106 | 43 | 82 | 96 | 9 | 336 |
Sinks, rainwater pipes, &c. dis- connected | 404 | 1261 | 711 | 417 | 21 | 2814 |
Cow-houses inspected | 8 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 50 |
Slaughter-houses inspected | 9 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 31 |
Bake houses inspected | 37 | 35 | 46 | 51 | 30 | 199 |
Overcrowding abated | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
Manure, foul accumulations, &c., removed | 32 | 85 | 53 | 85 | 11 | 266 |
Pigs and other animals removed | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 25 |
Urinals cleansed | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 |
Miscellaneous complaints attended to | 224 | 441 | 302 | 285 | 28 | 1280 |
Water supply, complaints of deficiency of | 11 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Houses in which structural alterations were made under Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, samples submitted for analysis | 40 | 47 | 56 | 45 | 10 | 198 |
Summonses under the above Acts | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
Cases of small Pox attended to | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
„ Scarlet Fever attended to | 77 | 159 | 82 | 237 | 19 | 574 |
„ Fever attended to | 8 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 63 |
„ Diphtheria attended to | 15 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 70 |
Houses disinfected | 51 | 146 | 82 | 180 | 11 | 470 |
Notices outstanding | 351 | 52 | 39 | 44 | 8 | 178 |