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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 1884

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Limehouse]

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Table: INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c.,Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1884.

INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c.,

Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1884.

Sanitary Work, &c.Parishes.
Limehouse.Ratcliff, Shadwell, and Wapping.Total.
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected165010262676
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises13267202046
Houses and Premises Cleansed, Repaired and Whitewashed33988427
Houses Disenfected after Infectious Diseases17890268
House Drains Repaired, Cleansed, &c10442146
„ ,, Trapped or Ventilated142100242
Privies and Water Closets Repaired, Cleansed, &c.16737204
,, „ supplied with Water16-16
„ „ New provided9-9
Dust Bins—New provided202444
„ Repaired and Covered124557
Yards Paved and Defective Paving Repaired211215426
Water Supply—New Receptacles erected90191
„ „ Receptacles cleansed, repaired and covered223759
No. of Lodging Houses Registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Act, 1866143161304
No. of Dust Complaints Received and attended to10408761916
Removal of. Accumulation of Dung, Animal and other Refuse11617
Removal of Animals improperly kept224
Bakehouses Regularly Inspected292453
Licensed Cow Houses ,,101121
„ Slaughter Houses „7310
Factory Nuisances abated3_-3
Legal Proceedings Instituted502070
Notices given School Authorities regarding Infectious Sickness311123434