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Lewisham 1888

[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 December31, 1888.

Blackheath and Lewisham DivisionSydenham and Forest-hill Division.Penge.Total.
Number of Complaints received during the year498760584
Ditto made by Inspectors63128197
Number of Houses and Premises, &c., inspected1933866401219
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises85165244494
Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed681528111
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases625122135
House Drains Repaired, Cleansed, &c509076216
Same Trapped or Ventilated127854144
Water Closets Repaired, Cleansed, &c97529113
Same supplied with Water2186594
New Water Closets provided...2...2
New Dust Bins provided2319537255
Dust Bins Repaired, Covered, &c7...3441
New Water Cisterns provided...224
Water Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered81716
No. of Lodging Houses required to be registered under 35th Clause of the Sanitary Act, 186612...3
No. of Dust Complaints and requests for removal received and attended to961708274
Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse11291757
Removal of Animals improperly kept52310
Licensed Cowhouses regularly Inspected1712736
Licensed Slaughterhouses ditto98421