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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) 1862

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

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Table: Statement of Houses and other Premises Inspected and Improvedduring the year1862.

Statement of Houses and other Premises Inspected and Improved

during the year1862.

St. Saviour.ChristchurchTotal.
Approximate number of visits311166477
Houses inspected7050120
Notices issued8243125
Summonses heard by Magistrate213
Cesspools emptied and drainage made into sewer369
Cesspools emptied, drainage not available12• ••12
Privies and urinals cleansed and repaired443276
Privy accommodation provided325
Dirty houses limcwashed andCleansed52658
Dilapidated houses taken down12• ••12
Dust complaints attended to364224588
Other nuisances removed325
9585321,490