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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

St Saviour's (Southwark) 1861

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]

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Table: Statement of Howes Inspected and Improved in the St. Saviour's District, during the Year1861.

Statement of Howes Inspected and Improved in the St. Saviour's District, during the Year1861.

St Saviour.Christchurch.Total.
Approximate number of visit452171623
Houses inspected10060160
Notices issued15231183
Summonses heard by Magistrate• •22
Cesspools emptied and drainage made into sewer5510
Cesspools emptied, drainage Dot available17118
Privies, drains, and urinals cleansed and repaired8137118
Yards paved2• •2
Dirty houses limewashed and cleansed60262
Dilapidated houses taken down11011
Dust complaints attended to672108780
Other nuisances removed9615
1,5514331,984