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 Lewisham]
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TABLE VI.
Total. | Black- heath & Lewis-v ham. | Sydenham and I forest-hill. | Penge. | Sub-Districts. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
312 | 26 | 23 | 47 | No. of Complaints received during the year. | ||
97 | 90 | 29 | Ditto made by Inspectors. | |||
1128 | 120 | 538 | 470 | No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected. | ||
204 | 86 | 86 | 32 | Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises. | Results of Inspection. | |
80 | 31 | 28 | 21 | Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed. | ||
62 | 23 | 23 | 16 | Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases. | ||
143 | 40 | 62 | 41 | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | House Drains. | |
18 | — | 6 | 12 | Trapped or Ventilated. | ||
1 68 | 12 | 13 | 43 | Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | Water Closets. | |
25 | 14 | 2 | 9 | Supplied with Water. | ||
8 | 8 | — | — | New Provided. | ||
I 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | New Provided. | Dust Bins. | |
7 | — | — | 7 | Repaired, Covered, &c. | ||
3 | — | — | 3 | Cisterns (new) erected. | Water Supply. | |
1 41 | 1 | 32 | 8 | Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered. | ||
- | — | — | — | No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of the Sanitary Act, 1866. | Miscellaneous. | |
254 | 110 | 62 | 82 | No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to. | ||
22 | 16 | 10 | Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | |||
17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | Removal of Animals improperly kept. | ||
- | - | — | — | Bakehouses.* | Regularly Inspected. | |
42 | 19 | 18 | 5 | Licensed Cowhouses. | ||
25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | Licensed Slaughterhouses. | ||
36 | 12 | 17 | 7 | Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Procee | dings. |
* The blakehouses are now under Government Inspection under the Factory and Work-
shops' Acts, 1878.