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St Saviour's (Southwark) 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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PUBLIC ANALYST'S REPORT.
For the Year ending Midsummer, 1895.
Gentlemen,
During the year ending Midsummer last, I have
received from your Inspectors and analysed 86 samples of food
and drink. This small number is due to the fact that during the
December quarter no samples were taken—owing no doubt to
the resignation of one of the Inspectors.
These consisted of:—
Brandy 4 samples.
Butter 1 „
Coffee 12 „
Cocoa 2 „
Coffee and Chicory 1 „
Gin 7 „
Milk 4 „
Rum 1 „
Soda Water 1 „
Whiskey 16 „
86
Brandy.—All four samples were genuine and of the strength
24°, 24°, 15° and 14° u.p.
Butter. — The only sample received was genuine.
Coffee.—Ten samples were genuine. One contained
GO per cent. of chicory and one a trace only of chicory—no
doubt an accidental admixture in grinding the beans.
TABLE OF NUISANCES, WORKS AND OTHER MATTERS ATTENDED TO DURING THE YEAR 1894.
| Nuisance Complaints received and attended to | 41 |
| Notices served | 845 |
| Premises inspected | 1275 |
| Inspection of Works during progress | 2534 |
| Drains trapped with Syphon Traps | 609 |
| Drains reconstructed with stoneware socketed pipes and tested | 203 |
| Drains (old brick) abolished | 41 |
| W.C's. reconstructed | 101 |
| Drains unstopped | 43 |
| W.C's. cleansed and whitewashed | 190 |
| W.C's. repaired | 51 |
| W.C's. rebuilt and new w.c's. provided | 304 |
| Wash-houses cleansed and limewashed | 130 |
| Dwelling-rooms cleansed, limewashed and re-papered | 3ii |
| Yards cleansed and limewashed | 92 |
| Yards paved and drained | 61 |
| Dustbins provided | 83 |
| W.C. flush pipes disconnected from domestic water supply | 20 |
| Sink wastes disconnected from drain | 37 |
| Cellars cleansed and limewashed | 29 |
| Cellars paved | 11 |
| Cesspools filled in and abolished | 13 |
| Cases of infectious disease, visits paid | 603 |
| Nuisances from overcrowding abated | 21 |
| Roof and gutters repaired | 57 |
| D. traps abolished | 32 |
| Pan container closets abolished | 30 |
| Soil pipes and drains ventilated | 253 |
| Houses repaired throughout | 205 |
| Defective w.c's. reinstated, etc., | 47 |
| Rooms disinfected after cases of infectious disease | 306 |
| Clothing &c., „ „ „ „ (by dry heat) | 2448 |
| Wash-houses paved | 53 |
| Cisterns abolished | 27 |
| Cisterns provided with covers | 90 |
| Cisterns cleansed | 185 |