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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 Closets3593593134688
Defective House Drains43943933510444
Offensive or Overcharged Cesspools474745222
Filthy or Unwholesome Dwellings167167164333
Filthy or Unwholesome Dwellings271271 Verbal20467......
Want of Proper ashpits106510651065.........
Dung, & other Filthy Accumulations177177 Verbal177.........
Offensive Gullies and Street Drains893939.........
Offensive Urinals999.........
Offensive Smells from Trades282823555
Offensive Slaughter Houses121212.........
Offensive Swine898987222
Filthy Cow Houses3939 Verbal89.........
Filthy Highways151515.........