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

  • City of London (London, England). Corporation of London.
Date:
1872
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. VII.—Account of the Sanitary Work performed in the City during the Year 1872, and comparison with the Averages of the last Five 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 Repairing Dustbins. For Paving Cellars and Yards. For Amending the Water Supply. For Removing Cesspools. For Amending Sinks and Drains For Removing Waste-Water. For Cleansing and Repairing Privies. For Improving the Ventilation. For Abating Smoke. For Removing Animals Improperly Kept. Sundry other Sanitary Orders. December, 1871 5645 406 649 254 4 14 28 2 82 38 146 7 2 3 69 381 4 Average 5069 503 756 356 17 22 68 3 87 16 113 0 4 2 70 466 20 March, 1872 6184 340 441 146 4 13 13 7 109 19 110 0 4 0 15 536 8 Average 6251 760 1102 578 19 53 93 4 108 21 193 1 1 7 47 520 17 June, 1872 3282 312 386 119 3 6 16 6 116 16 53 0 0 1 17 630 2 Average 5270 999 1638 1108 17 27 77 5 101 18 238 3 7 4 38 514 10 September, 1872 4673 350 482 142 1 17 12 11 95 16 168 1 3 0 15 250 6 Average 5964 634 947 550 13 30 47 5 102 23 136 1 8 3 31 517 8 Entire Year 19784 1408 1958 661 12 50 69 26 402 89 977 8 9 4 116 1797 20 Average 22554 2896 4443 2592 66 132 285 17 398 78 680 5 20 16 186 2017 55 Total number of Houses inspected in 1872 19,784 Requiring Amendment 1,408 Average „ „ „ 10 years 16,415 Average „ 2,796