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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 1886

[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 theyear ended December 31, 1886.

TABLE VI.

Inspectors' Reports of the Sanitary Work, &c., completed in theyear ended December 31, 1886.

Blackheath and Lewisham DivisionSydenham nnd Forest-hill Division.Penge.Total.
Number of Complaints received during the year126892519 '
Ditto made bv Inspectors.5621675
Number of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected164635167966
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses66255118439
Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed1936661
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases19262060
House Drains Repaired, Cleansed, &c.297641146
Same Trapped or Ventilated10171875
Water Closets Repaired, Cleansed, &c.2516551241
Same supplied with Water925842
New Water Closets provided...11...11
New Dust Bins provided7068236788
Dust Bins Repaired, Covered, &c.1275• • •87
New Water Cisterns provided915529
Water Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered15252161
No. of Lodging Houses required to be registered under 35th Clause of the Sanitary Act, 1866****
No. of Dust Complaints and requests for removal received and attended to .9813013211
Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse10391867
Removal of Animals improperly kept29718
Licensed Cowhouses regularly Inspected1911636
Licensed Slaughterhouses ditto108422
Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings34102165