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THAT your Petitioners have had under their consideration
the Public Health (London) Law Amendment Bill
(No. 231).
THAT your Petitioners are the Sanitary Authority of
the Parish of Camberwell, and for which John Syer
Bristowe, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., is the Medical Officer of
Health, Joseph Priestley, M.R.C.S., Chief Sanitary Inspector,
assisted by a Staff of 6 Inspectors of Nuisances, 5 Assistant
Inspectors of Nuisances, Office Clerk, Disinfecting Attendant
and Assistant, and Mortuary Keeper.
THAT your Petitioners have received a Return of
Work performed by the Sanitary Inspectors from the 26th
of March, 1889, to the 25th of March, 1890 (inclusive),
showing that 3,271 House to House Inspections were made ;
1,363 Complaints inquired into; 720 Infectious Cases dealt
with; Cow-houses. Slaughter-houses, and Bake-houses inspected
237, making a total of 5,591 inspections; and
12,567 Re-inspections; 2,876 Notices were served, of which
number 126 were not complied with, and 31 Summonses
were issued under the Sanitary Acts. The partial re-construction
of drains of old Houses under Vestry regulations
were 703; and Drainage of new Buildings and total Reconstruction
of Drains of Old Houses, 452 ; Houses Ventilated,
467 ; Cleansed, 449 ; Repaired, 433 ; Drains Cleansed,
&c., 2,224; Sinks, &c., Disconnected, 4,581; Stables, Yards,
laved and Drained, 2,004; Closets Provided, 143; Cleansed
and Repaired, 1,373; Ventilated, 891; Water laid on,
1,184; Cisterns Provided, 43; Covered and Repaired, 553.
Dust Bins Provided, 773; Repaired, 413 ; Manure and Foul
Accumulations Removed, 386. 200 Samples were taken