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 St. Saviour's]
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Statement of Houses and other Premises Inspected and
Improved during the Year 1878.
Christchurch.
St. Saviour.
Total.
Houses inspected
120
300
420
Notices issued
83
91
174
Summonses before Magistrate
1
1
2
Dustbins provided
6
5
11
Drains cleansed and drained
32
47
79
into Sewer
Drains and Privies trapped
33
62
95
and cleansed
Yards repaved
39
77
116
Dirty Houses cleansed
39
77
116
Water-butts cleansed
12
16
28
Urinals cleansed
9
4
13
Roofs repaired
13
50
63
Dung-heaps removed
8
7
15
Dust complaints attended to
635
860
1,495
Slaughter-houses inspected
10
19
29
Cow-houses inspected
2
20
22
Bakehouses inspected
11
11
22
A large quantity of Vegetables, Fish, and Apples, was destroyed
as unfit for food.