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 ST. MARY, LAMBETH.
Return, showing the number and nature of Nuisance complained of, and the step taken to remove or abate the same, with the
result from the 25th of March, 1865, to the 25th of March, 1866.
Houses in an unwholesome
slate
cleansed.
Houses with bad
drainage, drained.
Ceaspools Emptied.
Dust-bins emptied.
Dung. Garbage, &c.,
Removed.
Drain Obstructions
Remedied.
KS.
342
458
227
242
126
212
In most Instances several visits
were necessary before the cause of
nuisance was removed.
Offensive Smells
abated.
Dirty Urinals
Cleansed.
Yards Paved.
New Ash Bins erected.
Pigs Removed.
Number of Cases.
Number of Pigs.
45
7
36
66
26
148
Water supplied to
Houses.
Slaughter Houses
inspected.
Cow Houses inspected.
Bake Houses
inspected.
Notices served.
Summonses heard
64
117
105
201
1273
23
la addition to the above Return, from October, 1865, to March, 1866, there have been systematically inspected 987 houses, and
improvements made as under:—
Number
of Houses
inspected.
Number of
Houses
requiring improvements.
Number of
Houses
cleansed and
limewashed
Number
of Houses
repaired.
Number of
Houses
ventilated.
Number of
Water
Receptacles
provided and
repaired.
Number of
Water Supply
to Closets
provided.
Ashes removed
Ash-bins
erected.
Number
of Sinks
trapped.
987
735
200
306
266
186
121
64
278
84