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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) 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]

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Table: TABLE XIII.— Continued. table c.

TABLE XIII.— Continued. table c.

Description of Work.Inspectors.Total.
Stevenson.Groom.Pointon.Dewey.Eagle.Chadder- ton.
Houses Ventilated under Floors56691962667035692
„ Cleansed42057869911412
,, Repaired13170682101262589
Water Supplied627101410673
Drains Cleansed, Repaired, and Trapped1274792582762961821618
Sinks, Rain-water Pipes, &c., Disconnected2675725362472851672074
Stables, Yards and Areas Paved and Drained50257238227197641033
Closets Provided, Cleansed, or Removed913632282472591531341
Water laid on to Closets1113532191931931501219
Cisterns Provided or Reconstructed54515069310300
Cisterns Repaired, Covered, or Cleansed55617544611342
Provide, Repair, or Remove Dust Bin1018718425318463881
Cesspools Emptied & Abolished or Drained into Sewer88192028
Remove Refuse or Manure1313772301731300
Keep Animals Clean or Remove them037604350
Cleanse and Supply Water to Private Urinals0132118
Abate Overcrowding07033013
„ Smoke Nuisances and raise Chimneys030300033
Trade Nuisances Abated0000011
Road Gullies Abated411000116
Supply Manure Pits216045027
Drains exposed for examination369015746283360
Interceptors and Chambers supplied1221201099610628581
table d.—sale of food and drugs act.
Samples submitted for Analysis181530152510113
Summons under the above Act.3012309
Inquests158
Dead Bodies removed to Mortuary180
Post Mortem Examinations82