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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
Lambeth 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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TABLE I.
PARISH OF ST. MARY, LAMBETH.
RETURN, showing the Number and Nature of Nuisances complained of, and the steps taken to remove or abate the same, with the results, &c., from March 25th, 1859, to March 25th, 1860.
| DESCRIPTION OF NUISANCE. | No. of Complaints of each Class. | No. of Notices served to abate Nuisances of each Class. | No. of Cases of each Class in which the cause of Nuisance was abated on Notice. | No. of Cases of each Class in which the cause of Nuisance was not abated on Notice. | No. of Cases of each Class for which Summonses were taken out. | No. of Cases of each Class for which Magistrates' orders for abatement were made. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foul or Offensive Privies | 626 | 626 | 495 | 131 | 4 | 4 |
| Defective Drains | 628 | 628 | 497 | 131 | 3 | 3 |
| Offensive or Overcharged Cesspools | 82 | 82 | 74 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Filthy or Unwholesome Dwellings | 406 | 406 | 406 | |||
| Want of proper Ashpits | 369 | 369 | 312 | 57 | ||
| Ashes and Garbage | 853 | Verbal | 853 | |||
| Dung & other Filthy Accumulations | 77 | 77 | 75 | 2 | 2 | |
| Offensive Gullies | 54 | Verbal | 54 | |||
| Offensive Urinals | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Offensive Smells from Trades | 50 | 50 | 49 | 1 | 1 | |
| Offensive Slaughter Houses | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Offensive Swine | 82 | 82 | 68 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
| Filthy Cow Houses | 9 | 9 | 9 | |||
| Filthy Highways | 19 | Verbal | 19 | |||
| Highways Obstructions | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Number of Notices served, 1281; Number of Summonses taken out, 32 ; Number of Slaughter Houses Licensed and under
Supervision, 123.