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Shoreditch 1876

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]

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48
REMOVAL OF DUST.—During the past year the dust on the
whole has been better removed from the parish. There have
been few complaints from the inhabitants of non-removal;
and I visited a large number of premises, and found few
dust accumulations requiring my interference.

Table: The details here given shew the number of applications at the Town Hall for the removal of dust, from March, 1871, to March, 1877:—

The details here given shew the number of applications at the Town Hall for the removal of dust, from March, 1871, to March, 1877:—

Eastern Division.Western Division.
1st.2nd.3rd.1st.2nd.3rd.
1871-2260782314465449178
1872-31772352309112512
1873-42030999271817514
1874-51897722502329521
1875-617143223741672
1876-78565-17922-

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The plan of exposing the letter D in the front window when an
inhabitant requires the dust removed has answered on the whole; but
the dustmen have not attended regularly in the respective streets on
the days named in the contract.
COW-HOUSES.—There are 40 cow-houses in the parish—20 in the
Eastern Division, and 20 in the Western Division.
In the cow-houses of the Eastern Division there were (at
the time of my inspection) 200 cows; and in the Western,
260—making a total of 460.
The average cubic space for each cow in the sheds
throughout the parish was 790 (measured) as against 698 of
the previous year.
I inspected every cow-house at least four times during
the year, and on the whole I found them fairly kept.