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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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TABLE VI.
| Total. | Black-heath & Lewis-ham. | Sydenham and Forest-hill. | Penge. | Sub-Districts. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9949 | 3761 | 3588 | 2600 | No. of Inhabited Houses. | ||
| 261 | 124 | 77 | 60 | No. of Complaints received during the year. | ||
| 1523 | 372 | 281 | 870 | No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected. | ||
| 255 | 156 | 62 | 37 | Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Results of Inspection. | |
| 108 | 93 | 10 | 5 | Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and "Whitewashed. | ||
| 56 | 35 | 14 | 7 | Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases. | ||
| 149 | 83 | 38 | 28 | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | House Drains. | |
| 67 | 39 | 16 | 12 | Trapped or Ventilated. | ||
| 111 | 46 | 24 | 41 | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Water Closets. | |
| 44 | 32 | 7 | 5 | Supplied with Water. | ||
| 41 | 41 | — | — | New Provided. | ||
| 80 | 51 | 21 | 8 | New Provided. | Dust Bins. | |
| 21 | 21 | — | — | Repaired, Covered, &c. | ||
| 57 | 57 | — | — | Cisterns (new) erected. | Water Supply. | |
| 85 | 63 | 18 | 4 | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered. | ||
| — | — | — | — | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of the Sanitary Act, 1866. | Miscellaneous. | |
| 319 | 107 | 106 | 106 | No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to. | ||
| 59 | 20 | 30 | 9 | Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | ||
| 13 | 5 | 8 | — | Removal of Animals improperly kept. | ||
| 55 | 14 | 16 | Bakehouses. | Regularly Inspected. | ||
| 46 | 21 | 19 | 6 | Licensed Cowhouses. | ||
| 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | Licensed Slaughterhouses. | ||
| 43 | 42 | — | 1 | Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings. | ||