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.
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, 1869, and the 25th March, 1870.
Houses in a
unwholesome
state
cleansed.
No. of houses
in which Fever
and Small Pox
has occurred
disenfected.
Houses
with bad
drainage,
drained.
Cesspools
emptied
or
abolished.
accumulations of
Obstructed
drains
remedied.
Defective
or untrapped
drains
remedied.
Offensive
smells in
houses
abated.
Pigs Removed.
Foul or
offensive
Urinals
cleansed.
Gullies
cleansed
New
Ashpits
erected.
Dust removed.
Dung,
Ac., removed.
No. of
cases.
No. of
Pigs.
263
82
182
152
289
281
430
67
14
19
88
18
13
383
Water
supply
provided.
Trade
nuisances
abated.
Smoke
nuisances
abated.
Dangerous
structures
removed.
No. of
workshops
inspected.
Unwholesome
fish destroyed.
Unwholesome
vegetables destroyed.
No. of
Slaughter
houses
inspected.
No. of
Cow
houses
inspected.
No. of
Bakehouses
inspected.
No. of
notices
served.
No. of
summonses
and orders
issued.
No. of
cases.
No. of
fish.
No. of
cases.
No. ofcauliflow
era, Ac.
105
4
4
72
102
19
1557
3
310
109
92
215
1809
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In addition to the above 1,335 Houses were systematically inspected and improvements made as under.
Number of
Houses
Inspected.
Number of
improvements
effected.
Number of
houses cleansed
and
whitewashed.
Number of
dilapidated
houses
repaired.
Number of
yards paved or
improved.
Number of
water receptacles
improved.
Number of
defective
drains
improved.
Foul and
offensive
closets
improved.
Number of
houses provided
with
ventilation.
Dangerous
structures
removed.
1,335
778
201
120
76
170
85
33
77
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JOHN BAXTER,
GEORGE COXHEAD, Insptctors.
EICHARD EMBLIN,