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or garbage, removed; 188 new ashpits or dustbins erected; 201
houses provided with a proper water supply; 90 water receptacles
cleansed; 198 houses provided with means of ventilation; 85
dilapidated houses repaired; 65 dangerous structures attended to;
46 yards cleansed or improved; and 10 lots of unwholesome food
seized, conveyed to the Police Courts, and afterwards destroyed.
There were also 229 bake-houses, 115 slaughter-houses, and 93
cow-houses inspected and white-washed several times.
Before the completion of the above works 645 notices were required
to be served, and 25 summonses were heard at the Lambeth
and Southwark Police Courts. It is estimated that nearly
12,000 visits were paid by the Inspectors during the year. The
diseased or unwholesome fish and meat destroyed during the
twelve months consisted of 57 carcases of diseased sheep and
lambs, weighing 13cwt. 3qrs. 141bs., and 43 dozen plaice, &c.,
weighing about 5cwt. Three applications for licenses for slaughterhouses
were opposed at the Newington Sessions and refused.
Several licenses for cow-houses were discontinued, and one new
application granted. An inspection was made of bake-houses
during the night, to ascertain whether boys were employed at
night, contrary to the bake-houses regulation act; at two places
boys were found so employed, summonses were taken out in consequence,
and fines inflicted.
I remain,
Your obedient servant,
GEORGE PUCKLE, M.D.,
Medical Officer of Health.