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City of London 1870

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]

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No. IX.— Account of the Sanitary Work performed in the City during the Year1871,andcomparison with the Averages of the last Four Years.

Quarters Ending.Number of Houses Inspected.Number of Houses requiring Amendment.Total Number of Orders issued for Sanitary Improvement.PARTICULARS OF THE ORDERS ISSUED.Number of Ships Inspected.Number of Orders issued for Improvement of Ships.
For Cleansing and Lime-whiting Rooms.For Erecting and Bepairing Dustbins.For Paving Cellars and Yards.For Amending 'he Water Supply.For Rem-ving Cesspools.For Amending Sinks and Drams.For Removing Waste-Wafer.For Cleansing and Repairing Privies.For Improving the Ventilation.For Abating Fmoke.For Removing Animals Improperly Kept.Sundry other Sanitary Orders.
December, 18705,2222584212041121406022930222942S14
Average5,031564S4039321328149415108042so47622
March, 18715,90745170631351569070191780103642911
Average6,337S371,2026452363990117241971185052019
June, 18712,9263153702001614264175604074782
Average5,8551,1701,9551,335213293085192844754552312
September, 18716,3254826663286214039934101054244613
Average5,8736721,017605153349510321144193335309
Entire Year20,3801,5062,1631,04513541375293924280126961,79630
Average23,0963,2435,0142,978801603221939979733621182082,04962

Total number of Houses inspected in 1871 20,380.
Average „ ,, ,, 10 years 15,320.
Eequiring Amendment 1,506.
„ „ 2,897