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Lambeth 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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TABLE I.
PARISH OF SAINT 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 25th March, 1861, to March 25th, 1862.
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 the notices.
No of Cases of
each Class
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 Magictrates'
Order for
abatement ware
made
Foul or Offensive Privies or Closets
359
359
313
46
8
8
Defective House Drains
439
439
335
104
4
4
Offensive or Overcharged Cesspools
47
47
45
2
2
2
Filthy or Unwholesome Dwellings
167
167
164
3
3
3
Filthy or Unwholesome Dwellings
271
271
Verbal
204
67
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Want of Proper ashpits
1065
1065
1065
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Dung, & other Filthy Accumulations
177
177
Verbal
177
• ••
• ••
• ••
Offensive Gullies and Street Drains
89
39
39
•••
• ••
• ••
Offensive Urinals
9
9
9
• ••
• ••
•••
Offensive Smells from Trades
28
28
23
5
5
5
Offensive Slaughter Houses
12
12
12
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• ••
• ••
Offensive Swine
89
89
87
2
2
2
Filthy Cow Houses
39
39
Verbal
89
• ••
• ••
• ••
Filthy Highways
15
15
15
• ••
• ••
•••
Number of Notices served, 699; Number of Summonses taken out, 14; Number of Slaughter Houses Licensed and under
Supervision, 129.