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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 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table: TABLE VI.Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, dec., completed in the year ended December 31, 1884.

TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, dec., completed in the year ended December 31, 1884.

Total.Black heath & Lewis- ham.Sydenham and forest-hill.Penge.Sub-Districts.
309487645No. of Complaints received during the year.
435839Ditto made by Inspectors.
1105119666320No. of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected.
2467086 4590Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises.Results of Inspection.
1162150Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed.
81194220Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases.
187487762Repaired, Cleansed, &c.House Drains.
10666535Trapped or Ventilated.
11756250Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Water Closets.
4181320Supplied with Water.
61...5New Provided.
128152390New Provided.Dust Bins.
71...4031Repaired, Covered, &c.
2421111Cisterns (new) erected.Water Supply.
35...2510Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered.
............No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of the Sanitary Act, 1866.Miscellaneous.
35210718065No. of Dust Complaints and requests for removal received and attended to.
77173624Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.
183132Removal of Animals improperly kept.
3819136Licensed Cowhouses.Regularly Inspected.
2410104Licensed Slaughterhouses.
6643914Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings.

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Showing a percentage of attendance of 80.6.
Average on Roll over accommodation 15.7.
Increase on last year, as under.
Accommodation.
Number on
Roll.
Average
attendance.
842
625
355