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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Giles (Camberwell) 1888
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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TABLE XIV.—RETURN OF WORK PERFORMED BY SANITARY INSPECTORS from the 26th March, 1888, to The 25th March, 1889 (inclusive).
| Description of Work. | Inspectors. | Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackay (Retired Oct. 18th, 1888.) | Stevenson. | Sedgley (Retired July, 1888.) | Groom. | pointon. | Dewey (Appointed Nov., 1888.) | Eagle (Appointed Jan., 1889.) | ||
| Houses inspected | 1336 | 1424 | 956 | 1624 | 1633 | 397 | 92 | 7464 |
| „ re-inspected | 952 | 2106 | 393 | 2072 | 1936 | 496 | 156 | 8111 |
| Notices served, 1st | 418 | 594 | 195 | 861 | 536 | 105 | 31 | 2740 |
| „ ,, 2nd | 27 | 27 | 0 | 44 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 127 |
| Summonses | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Drains cleansed and repaired | 412 | 398 | 83 | 728 | 318 | 129 | 39 | 2107 |
| ,, trapped | 412 | 398 | 83 | 728 | 318 | 129 | 39 | 2107 |
| Cesspools emptied | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| „ abolished | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Closets provided | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 159 | 448 | 30 | 196 | 130 | 64 | 18 | 1045 |
| „ ventilated | 1 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 63 | 1 | 100 |
| ,, water laid on to | 149 | 267 | 35 | 142 | 190 | 60 | 23 | 866 |
| Houses cleansed | 100 | 56 | 21 | 91 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 319 |
| ,, repaired | 119 | 28 | 16 | 91 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 288 |
| Water supplied to houses | 3 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Cisterns supplied | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| ,, covered and repaired | 68 | 16 | 26 | 71 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 300 |
| Dustbins provided | 77 | 192 | 37 | 130 | 161 | 29 | 9 | 635 |
| ,, repaired | 39 | 5 | 20 | 48 | 127 | 40 | 0 | 249 |
| Houses drained into sewer | 24 | 109 | 4 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 239 |
| Yards paved | 52 | 171 | 9 | 180 | 254 | 96 | 32 | 794 |
| ,, drained | 52 | 171 | 9 | 180 | 254 | 96 | 32 | 794 |
| Sinks, rainwater pipes, &c., disconnected | 450 | 1298 | 87 | 669 | 962 | 242 | 58 | 3766 |
| Cow-houses inspected | 7 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Slaughter-houses inspected | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Bake-houses inspected | 0 | 35 | 0 | 49 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 157 |
| Overcrowding abated | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Manure, foul accumulations, &c., removed | 24 | 69 | 20 | 113 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 294 |
| Pigs and other animals removed | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| Urinals cleansed | 10 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Miscellaneous complaints attended to | 178 | 387 | 0 | 554 | 346 | 72 | 21 | 1558 |
| Water supply, complaints of deficiency of | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Houses in which structural | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| alterations were made under Artizans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, samples submitted for analysis | 19 | 47 | 20 | 63 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 202 |
| Summonses under the above Act | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Cases of Small Pox attended to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Scarlet Fever attended to | 57 | 64 | 28 | 225 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 414 |
| ,, Fever attended to | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| ,, Diphtheria attended to | 2 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 58 |
| Houses disinfected | 48 | 79 | 21 | 190 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 378 |
| Notices outstanding | 31 | 52 | 39 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 201 |
| Urinals provided | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Street Gullies provided | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cleanse fish curing premises | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ditches cleansed | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |