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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 1883

[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, 1883.

TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in the year ended December 31, 1883.

Total.Blackheath & Lewisham.Sydenham and Forest-hill.Penge.Sub-Districts.
347705529No. of Complaints received during the year.
6072 18961Ditto made by Inspectors.
1055271595No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected.
193769027Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Results of Inspection.
128294059Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, lie-paired, and Whitewashed.
89293525Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases.
125484928Rcpaired, Cleansed, &c.House Drains.
66143814Trapped or Ventilated.
6172925Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Water Closets.
61371113Supplied with Water.
11...92New Provided.
100531829New Provided.Dust Bins.
16......16Repaired, Covered, &c.
16...116Cisterns (new) erected.Water Supply.
40...832Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.
............No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of the Sanitary Act, 1866.Miscellaneous.
45611627070No. of Dust Complaints and requests for removal received and attended to.
4520169Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.
16691Removal of Animals improperly kept.
4219158Licensed Cowhouses.Regularly Inspected.
2510105Licensed Slaughterhouses.
269107Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings.