Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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Removal of Nuisances. 27
REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.
IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT,
Number of Cases. | |
---|---|
Apartments disinfected | 110 |
Apartment* cleansed or disinfected | 41 |
Dust Bins provided or repaired | 53 |
Yard Paving repaired | 61 |
Houses Cleansed throughout | 159 |
Partial cleansing and colouring | 117 |
Water Butts cleansed, repaired, or New Butts or Cisterns sol up | 126 |
Service Pipes repaired | 31 |
Sinks in Yards repaired and trapped | 74 |
Pans in Water Closets cleansed, or New Pans provided | 53 |
Roofs repaired | 115 |
Drains opened, cleansed and amended | 96 |
Offensive Accumulations removed | 25 |
Rain Water Gutters and Pipes provided or repaired | 62 |
Water Closets repaired | 26 |
New Closets erected | 4 |
Yards limewashed | 157 |
Supply of Water provided | 32 |
Closet Drains trapped | 18 |
Other Imprvements | 135 |
Fronts of Houses limewashed | 121 |
Piggeries abolished | 2 |
Catgut Premises inspected | 2 |
Bone Boilers' Premises inspected | 4 |
Horse Slaughtere's | 1 |
Tallow Melters' Premises inspected | 2 |
Improved Ventilation | 7 |
Overcrowding Cases | 6 |
Bakehouse inspected | 39 |
Slaughter Houses inspected | 2 |
Cowsheds inspected | 6 |
Disinfected in the Apparatus, Bedding, &c. lots | 88 |
Total | 1775 |
During the year, 3 trunks of Plaice, 3½ turns of Haddocks, 5 Bushels of Potatoes,
and 2 barrvls of Oysters were seized and destroyed, as unfit fur human food