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St George (Southwark) 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]

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26
Parish of Saint George the Martyr, Southwark.
REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.
IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT,
Mr. JOHN EDWARDS, INSPECTOR.
Number
of Case.
Apartments disinfected 32
Apartments cleansed and disinfected 26
Dust Bins provided or repaired 38
Yards paved or repaired 113
Interiors of Houses Cleansed throughout 87
„ Houses partly cleansed 99
Water Receptacles cleansed, repaired, or New Receptacles provided 14
Service Pipes repaired 11
Sinks in Yards trapped or otherwise repaired 129
Sinks and Stack Pipes disconnected from House Drains 28
Pans in Water Closets cleansed, or New Pans provided 46
Roofs repaired 83
Drains opened and cleansed 39
Offensive Accumulations removed 7
Water Gutters and Pipes provided and repaired 39
Water Closets repaired 33
Yards limewashed 163
Supply of Water provided to Closets and waste water preventers repaired 125
Cases not otherwise classified 41
Fronts of Houses limewashed 37
New Drains constructed 16???
Cat Gut Premises inspected 1???
Bone Boilers' Premises inspected ???
Horse Slaughterer's Premises inspected ???
Tallow Melt era' Premises inspected ???
Cases of Overcrowding or Indecent Occupation abated ???
Slaughter Houses inspected ???
Cowsheds inspected ???
Disinfected in the Apparatus, Bedding, &c., lots 12???
Houses closed as unfit for human habitation 22???
Occupation of underground rooms as dwellings discontinued ???
1326
During the year 6 baskets of Cherries, 2 trunks of Haddocks, and 5 bags ???
Peas were seized and destroyed, as unfit for human food.