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St George (Southwark) 1891
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark]
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Removal of Nuisances. 27
ADULTERATION ACTS, 1875-1879.
AND
MARGARINE ACT, 1887.
IN THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT
Mr. JOHN EDWARDS. Inspector.
| Number of Cases. | |
| Apartments disinfected | 121 |
| Apartments cleansed and disinfected | 16 |
| Dust Bins provided or repaired | 74 |
| Yards paved or repaired | 148 |
| Interior of Houses cleansed throughout | 98 |
| „ „ partly cleansed | 96 |
| Water Receptacles cleansed or repaired | 13 |
| Service Pipes repaired | 13 |
| Sinks in Yards trapped or otherwise repaired | 154 |
| Sinks and Stack Pipes disconnected from House Drains | 87 |
| Pans in water Closets cleansed, or New pans provided | 76 |
| Roofs repaired | 95 |
| Drains opened and cleansed | 50 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 19 |
| Water Gutters and Pipes provided and repaired | 140 |
| Water Closets repaired and soil Pipes ventilated | 39 |
| Walls of Yards limewashed | 165 |
| Supply of water provided to closets and water waste preventers repaired | 122 |
| Cases not otherwise classified | 26 |
| Fronts of Houses limewashed | 28 |
| New Drains constructed | 7 |
| Cat Gut premises inspected | 1 |
| Bone Boilers' premises inspected | |
| Horse slaughterers' premises inspected | 1 |
| Tallow Melters premises inspected | 2 |
| Cases of Overcrowding or Indecent Occupation abated | 13 |
| Slaughter Houses inspected | 2 |
| Cowsheds inspected | 3 |
| Disinfected in the Apparatus, Bedding, &c., lots | 29 |
| Houses closed as unfit for human habitation | 24 |
| Occupation of underground rooms as dwellings discontinued | |
| 1668 |
JOHN EDWARDS, Inspector.
SUMMONSES ISSUED DURING THE YEAR.
Adulteration 15
Contravention of Maragine Act 2
Various Nuisances 42
Disobeying Magistrate's Order 1
60
JOHN EDWARDS, Inspector.
HORSE SLAUGHTERING.
Horses and other cattle—the flesh not used as Butchers' Meat—Registered
as slaughtered or flayed. 3166
In the District of Mr. J. Edwards, Inspector 3755
In the District of Mr. J. A. Anscombe, Inspector
Report ending the 25th of March, 1892.
JOHN EDWARDS, Assoc. San. Inst, Inspector.