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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) 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: Table XVI.—Continued.

Table XVI.—Continued.

Description of Work.Inspectors.Total.
Stevenson.Groom.pointon.Dewey.Eagle.
Closets provided820484324143
,, cleansed and repaired4141351753512981373
.. ventilated369589731354891
,, water laid on to4021111382173161184
Cisterns provided26032343
,, covered and repaired5876133126160553
Dustbins provided107126155141244773
,, repaired133110113156413
Cesspools emptied and abolished020507
Manure and foul accumulations removed501081104474386
Pigs and other animals removed21632427
Urinals cleansed or provided0070310
Overcrowding abated010203
Smoke nuisances abated130004
Trade nuisances abated020002
Dead removed to Mortuary under Inspectors' supervision020002
table d.—infectious diseases.
Cases of Small Pox attended to200002
„ Scarlet Fever8618019185132674
,, Typhoid112013112075
,, Puerperal200204
,, Diphtheria6839371436194
,, Erysipelas192017181690
Houses disinfected11720518162155720
table e.—sale of food and drugs act.
Samples submitted for analysis4041403940200
Summonses under the above Act5952930