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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
Limehouse 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]
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TABLE VI.
INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c., completed in the year ending December 31st, 1878.
| Sanitary Work. | Districts. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limehouse. | Shadwell & Wapping. | Total. | ||
| No. of Complaints received during year | - | - | - | |
| No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected | 1273 | 800 | 2073 | |
| Results of Inspection—Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises | 750 | 485 | 1235 | |
| Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired and Whitewashed | 550 | 70 | 620 | |
| Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases | 375 | 75 | 450 | |
| House Drains—Repaired, Cleansed, &c | 101 | 54 | 155 | |
| Trapped or Ventilated | 103 | 58 | 161 | |
| Privies and Water Closets—Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 76 | 30 | 106 | |
| Supplied with Water | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| New provided | — | — | — | |
| Dust Bins—New provided | 244 | 30 | 274 | |
| Repaired, Covered, &c | 165 | 25 | 190 | |
| Water Supply—Cisterns (new) erected | 5 | — | — | |
| Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered | 219 | 44 | 263 | |
| Miscellaneous—No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Act 1866 | — | — | — | |
| No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to | — | — | — | |
| Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Removal of Animals improperly kept | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| bakehouses | — | — | — | |
| Licensed Cowhouses | Regularly Inspected | 13 | v 7 | 20 |
| Licensed Slaughterhouses | — | — | — | |
| Other Proceedings e.g. Legal Proceedings | 27 | 6 | 33 | |
| Defective paving in yards repaired | 185 | — | — | |