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Limehouse 1879
[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, 1879.
| Sanitary Work. | Districts. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limehouse. | Shadwell & Wapping. | Total. | ||
| No. of Complaints received during year | - | - | - | |
| No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected | 761 | 650 | 1,411 | |
| Results of Inspection—Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises | 574 | 496 | 1,070 | |
| Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired and Whitewashed | 131 | 70 | 201 | |
| Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases | 76 | 81 | 156 | |
| House Drains—Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 147 | 36 | 183 | |
| Trapped or Ventilated | 141 | 77 | 218 | |
| Privies and Water Closets—Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 70 | 34 | 104 | |
| Supplied with Water | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| New provided | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Dust Bins—New provided | 46 | 15 | 61 | |
| Repaired, Covered, &c. | 51 | 25 | 76 | |
| Water Supply—Cisterns (new) erected | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered | 30 | 32 | 62 | |
| Miscellaneous—No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35 th Clause of Sanitary Act, 1866 | - | - | - | |
| Yards paved and re-paved | 190 | 105 | 295 | |
| No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to | - | - | - | |
| Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse | 20 | 8 | 28 | |
| Removal of Animals improperly kept | 2 | - | - | |
| Bakehouses | Regula'ng Inspected | — | — | — |
| Licensed Cowhouses | — | — | — | |
| Licensed Slaughterhouses | - | - | - | |
| 13 | 5 | 18 | ||
| Dead bodies removed | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Cesspools filled up | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| GEO. HURLOCK, THOMAS STACE, Inspectors. | ||||