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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) 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Saviour's]
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TABLE OF NUISANCES, WORKS AND OTHER MATTERS
Attended to by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year 1896.
| Total. | |
| Nuisance Complaints received and attended to | 40 |
| Notices Served | 568 |
| Premises Inspected | 607 |
| Inspection of Works during progress | 2,272 |
| Drains Reconstructed and Tested | 226 |
| Drains (Old Brick Abolished) | 41 |
| W.C.'s Reconstructed | 84 |
| Drains Unstopped | 27 |
| W.C.'s Cleansed and Whitewashed | 50 |
| W.C.'s Repaired | 22 |
| W.C. s Rebuilt | 30 |
| Wash-houses Cleansed and Limewashed | 47 |
| Dwelling Rooms Cleansed, Limewashed and Re-papered | 201 |
| Yards Cleansed and Limewashed | 73 |
| Yards Paved and Drained | 27 |
| Dust Bins provided | 71 |
| W.C. Flush Pipes Disconnected from Domestic Water Supply | 12 |
| Sink Wastes Disconnected from Drain | 9 |
| Cellars Cleansed and Limewashed | 6 |
| Cellars Paved | 5 |
| Cesspools Cleansed and Filled in | 2 |
| Cases of Infectious Disease, Visits paid | 743 |
| Nuisances from Overcrowding Abated | 7 |
| Roofs and Gutters repaired | 18 |
| Additional W.C.'s provided | 28 |
| D Traps Abolished | 23 |
| Pan Container Closets Abolished | 11 |
| Soil Pipes and Drains Ventilated | 249 |
| Houses Repaired Throughout | 48 |
| W.C. Pans Cleansed | 21 |
| Defective W.C. Pans Reinstated | 33 |
| W.C. Fittings Repaired | 40 |
| Rooms Disinfected after Cases of Infectious Disease | 240 |
| Clothing „ „ „ „ (by dry heat) | 2,556 |
| Cisterns Abolished | 10 |
| Cisterns Provided with Covers | 4 |
| Cisterns Cleansed | 11 |