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Limehouse 1883

[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, 1883.

Sanitary Work, &c.Parishes.
Limehouse.Rateliff, Shad well, and Wapping.Total.
Number of Houses, Premises, Ac. inspected15209052425
Orders issued tor Sanitary Amendments of Housed and Premises1450G252075
Houses and Premises Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed26752319
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases12288210
House Drains Repaired, Cleansed, &c.7076146
„ ,, Trapped or Ventilated15857215
Privies and Water Closets Repaired, Cleansed, &c.11755172
„ „ Supplied with Water639
„ „ New provided44
Dust Bins—New provided30876384
„ „ Repaired and Covered564096
Water Supply—New Receptacles erected1313
„ ,, Receptacles Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered17220192
Yards Paved and Defective Paving Repaired130146276
No. of Dust Complaints Received and attended to205019002950
Removal of Accumulation of Dung, Animal, and other Refuse16925
Removal of Animals unproperly kept224
Bakehouses Regularly Inspected272552
Licensed Cow Houses111122
,, Slaughter Houses8311
Factory Nuisances abated22
Legal Proceedings instituted6814
Notices given School Authorities regarding Infectious Sickness15540195

GEO. HURLOCK,
THOMAS STAGE, Inspectors.