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Lambeth 1862

[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 eachNo. 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 noticesNo. 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
Foul Privies or Filthy Closets493493440535322
Defective House Drains536536480505019
Overcharged Cesspools252521444
Filthy or Unwholesome Dwellings304304300444
Want of Proper Ashpits844344297474747
Dust and Garbage11791179 Verbal1176333
Dung, and other Filthy Accumulations270270270.........
Offensive Gullies and Drams5151 Verbal51.........
Offensive Urinals111111.........
Offensive Smells from Trades333331222l
Offensive Swine515150111
Filthy Cow Yards141414.........
Filthy Highways99 Verbal9.........
Obstructions of Highways888.........

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