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Lambeth 1868

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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TABLE I.
Return, showing the Number and Nature of Nuisances attended to in the Parish of Lambeth, and the steps taken to abate
the same, between the 25th March 1868, and the 25th March, 1860.
es in an
un wholesome
state
cleansed.
Houses
with bad
drainage,
drained.
Cesspools
emptied or
abolished.
AccuirrLATioKs or
Obstructed
draing
remedied.
Defective
or untrapped
drains
remedied.
Pigs Removed.
Ottensive
smells in
houses
from
dampness
abated.
Gullies
cleansed.
Urinals
cleanscd.
New
Ashpits
erected.
Dust removed.
Dung
Ac, removed.
No. of
faints
No. of
plffs.
320
356
104
303
273
532
137
39
166
5
26
20
204
Water
supply
provided.
Dangerous
sructures
removed.
Trade
nuisances
abated.
Unwholesome
fish destroyed.
Unwholesome
meat destroyed.
Unsound
Provisions
bread
destroyed.
Inspections
for
storing
petroleum.
Smoke
nuisances
abated.
Slaughter
houses in
spected.
Cow
houses
inspected.
Hakehouses
inspected.
No. of
notices
served.
No. of
summonses
and orders
issued.
No. of
cases.
No. of
fish.
No. of
cases.
Weight.
196
61
6
20
4482
1
5161bs.
146 lbs.
21
9
110
93
211
1142
39
In addition to the above, 2,289Houses were systematically inspected and improvements made as under:—
Number of
Houses
Inspected.
Number of
improvements
effected.
Number of
housescleansed
&whitewashed.
Number of
dilapidated
houses
repaired.
Number of
yards paved &
improved.
Number of
water recepticlesimproved
Number of
Cesspools
abolished.
Number of
privies, closets
and drains
improved.
Number of
houses provided
with
ventilation.
Number of
dust bins
provided.
2,289
1980
438
268
182
252
35
246
353
206
JOHN BAXTER, }
GEORGE COXHEAD}Inspectors.