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Lambeth 1873

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]

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disinfecting liousos and rooms whoro Small Fox and other contagious
diseases existed.
The number of liousos cleansed, which wore in an unwholesome
condition wcro 319; 245 houses requiring proper drainage, drained;
29 cesspoools abolished; 339 obstructed drains remedied; 272
defective drains trapped; 1084 houses without proper water supply
provided therewith; 42 houses provided with means of ventilation;
7 houses where dampness and foul smells existed remedied;
58 yards of houses repaved and limewashed; 387 dust bins
erected; 228 accumulations of dung removed; 29 cases of decomposed
animal and vegetable matter removed; 17 foul urinals
cleansed, removed, or improved; 50 closets provided or improved;
54 dangerous structures removed; 2 trade nuisances abated;
28 lots of swino, consisting of 90 pigs, removed; 23 lots of
unwholesome fish, numbering 2116 condemned and destroyed;
1 case of unwholosomo moat, weighing 3-lbs., condemned and
destroyed; 15 obstructed or untrappod gullies remedied; 10
cases of animals improperly kept in liousos, remedied; 1 caso of
unsound fruit, consisting of 300 oranges, seized; 47 Houses
registered under tho Sanitary Act of 1866, 29 & 30 Vict., cap. 90.
In addition to tho above 261 houses have been disinfected in
which Small Pox, Fevers, and other contagious diseases have
occurred, and various sanitary improvements effected therein;
and in 135 cases articles of bod and bedding, similarly infected,
were either disinfected or destroyed.
The number of Liconsod Slaugterhousos visited were 105,
Cowhouses 99, and Bakehouses 227, in all of which tho usual
periodical cleansing and whitewashing was enforced, and many
other improvements effected.
In order to complete theso necessary works 1585 notices wore
served, and 208 summonses and orders issued.
The following have been tho casos in which, on conviction
before tho Magistrates, penalties wore inilicted together with
costs:—