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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 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE VI.Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ended December 31, 1878.

TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ended December 31, 1878.

Total.Black-heath & Lewis-ham.Sydenham and Forest-hillPenge.Sub-Districts.
1033438313767 2736No. of Inhabited Houses.
295421860No. of Complaints received during the year.
786542 460Ditto made by Inspectors.
67590125No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected.
178786635Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Results of Inspection.
68151627Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed.
91304417Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases.
122374837Repaired, Cleansed, &c.House Drains.
4341128Trapped or Ventilated.
5671336Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Water Closets.
3381016Supplied with Water.
63—2Now Provided.
4711—36New Provided.Dust Water Bins. Supply.
561—54Repaired, Covered, &c.
20—416Cisterns (new) erected.
44111023Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.
———No. of Lodging Houses registered under 36th Clause of the Sanitary Act, 1866.Miscellaneous.
3221359097No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to.
46121619Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.
36—1026Removal of Animals improperly kept.
————Bakehouses.*Regularly Inspected
4520205Licensed Cowhouses.
2510105Licensed Slaughterhouses.
266129Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings.