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Lewisham 1879

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, &c, completed in the year ended December 31, 1879.

Total.Black- heath & Lewis-v ham.Sydenham and I forest-hill.Penge.Sub-Districts.
312262347No. of Complaints received during the year.
979029Ditto made by Inspectors.
1128120538470No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected.
204868632Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Results of Inspection.
80312821Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed.
62232316Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases.
143406241Repaired, Cleansed, &c.House Drains.
18612Trapped or Ventilated.
1 68121343Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Water Closets.
251429Supplied with Water.
88New Provided.
I 368919New Provided.Dust Bins.
77Repaired, Covered, &c.
33Cisterns (new) erected.Water Supply.
1 411328Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.
-No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of the Sanitary Act, 1866.Miscellaneous.
2541106282No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to.
48221610Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.
17395Removal of Animals improperly kept.
--Bakehouses.*Regularly Inspected.
4219185Licensed Cowhouses.
2510105Licensed Slaughterhouses.
3612177Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings.

* The blakehouses are now under Government Inspection under the Factory and Work-
shops' Acts, 1878.