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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 XIV .— Continued.table c.

TABLE XIV .— Continued.

table c.

Description of Work.Inspectors.Total.
Stevenson.Groom.Pointon.Dewey.Eagle.Assistants.
Houses Ventilated under Floors186188291991190883
,, Cleansed17617151550255
„ Repaired21466939650240
Water Supplied6122336059
Drains Cleansed, Repaired, and Trapped23319042312421201182
Sinks, Rain-water Pipes, &c., disconnected40026733715622001380
Stables. Yards and Areas Paved and Drained1481552581171770855
Closets Provided, Cleansed, or Removed1261932929638601093
Water laid on to Closets1341362341011730778
Cisterns Provided or Re-constructed1628429110142
Cisterns Repaired, Covered or Cleansed552018150640370
Provide, Repair or Remove Dust Bin951062191062320758
Cesspools Emptied & Abolished or Drained into Sewer162290029
Remove Refuse or Manure44652341670411
Keep Animals Clean or Remove them114122029
Cleanse & Supply Water to Private Urinals0110103
Abate Overcrowding1150007
Abate Smoke Nuisances and Raise Chimneys201112016
Trade Nuisances Abated0000202
Road Gullies Abated0000101
Supply Manure Pits47312017
Drains exposed for examination47603611720226
Interceptors and Chambers supplied645536290166
table d.—sale of food and drugs act.
Samples submitted for Analysis1010101010050
Summonses under the above Act13234013
Inquests45
Dead Bodies removed to Mortuary52
Post Mortem Examinations27