Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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TABLE I.
PARISH OF SAINT MARY, LAMBETH.
Return, shewing the Number and Nature of Nuisances complained of, and the steps taken to remove or abate the same, with the results, &c., from the 25th of March, 1862, to March 25th, 1863.
DESCHIPTION of NUISANCE. | No. of Complaints of each Class. | No. of Notices served to abate Nulsances of each | No. of cases of each Class In which the cause of Nuisance was abated on Notices. | No. of causes of each class in which the cause of Nulsansce was not abated on notices | No. of Cases of each Class for which sum monses were taken out. | No. of Cases of each Class for which Magis trates orders for abatement were made |
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Foul Privies or Filthy Closets | 493 | 493 | 440 | 53 | 53 | 22 |
Defective House Drains | 536 | 536 | 480 | 50 | 50 | 19 |
Overcharged Cesspools | 25 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Filthy or Unwholesome Dwellings | 304 | 304 | 300 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Want of Proper Ashpits | 844 | 344 | 297 | 47 | 47 | 47 |
Dust and Garbage | 1179 | 1179 Verbal | 1176 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Dung, and other Filthy Accumulations | 270 | 270 | 270 | ... | ... | ... |
Offensive Gullies and Drams | 51 | 51 Verbal | 51 | ... | ... | ... |
Offensive Urinals | 11 | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | ... |
Offensive Smells from Trades | 33 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 2l |
Offensive Swine | 51 | 51 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Filthy Cow Yards | 14 | 14 | 14 | ... | ... | ... |
Filthy Highways | 9 | 9 Verbal | 9 | ... | ... | ... |
Obstructions of Highways | 8 | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | ... |
Epidemic diseases caused 939 deaths in 1862, being 25
per cent of the entire mortality. Scarlatina contributed, as
usual, the greatest number, 368 deaths, of which 63 occurred
in the first quarter; 147 in the second quarter; 60 in the
third quarter; and 98 in the last quarter of the year. The
Lambeth Church and Norwood districts suffered most from