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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

Rotherhithe 1878

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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WILLOUGHBY, Printer and Stationer, 27, Lower Road, Rotherhithe.
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Table: Table No.6.Rotherhithe Sanitary District.INSPECTOR'S REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c.,completed in the year ending December 31st, 1878.

Table No.6.

Rotherhithe Sanitary District.

INSPECTOR'S REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c.,

completed in the year ending December 31st, 1878.

Houses and Premises inspected556
Complaints reccived540
Notices Served339
„ attended to 109
„ not attended to 22
Infections cases removed to Hospital55
Houses disinfected63
Bedding destroyed and Compensation paid22
Summonses issued and Magistrates orders made3
Dust complaints received142
1 Case of rabbits condemned as unfit for human food and destroyed1