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Deptford 1908
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908
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Table No.27.
ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAUNUARY 2nd, 1909
| Number of District. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Totals. | |
| Complaints Received | 15 | 47 | 24 | 21 | 107 | |
| Total Premises Inspected | 821 | 897 | 849 | 896 | 3463 | |
| Re-Inspections, Calls, Service of Notices, &c., &c. | 3519 | 2749 | 2498 | 2479 | 11245 | |
| Inspections under notice from Con- tractors, per Bye-Laws | 109 | 56 | 13 | 24 | 202 | |
| Number of Cases in which Pro- ceedings have been taken | 1 | 1 | ||||
| "Intimations " Served | 265 | 399 | 390 | 519 | 1573 | |
| "Statutory Notices" Served | 9 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 60 | |
| Houses closed by Magistrate's Order | ||||||
| ,, ,, Voluntarily | ||||||
| Tenements Inspected for certificates under Inland Revenue Acts | ... | 8 | 8 | |||
| Water Closets- | ||||||
| Old Closets abolished | 14 | 3 | ... | 3 | 20 | |
| New Closets provided | 17 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 50 | |
| ,, ,, in Workshops | .. | 13 | ||||
| Basin and Trap provided | 133 | 97 | 90 | 108 | 428 | |
| Water Supply provided | 11 | 47 | 32 | 90 | ||
| Water Supply Apparatus provided | 35 | 46 | 52 | 99 | 232 | |
| Limewashed | 5 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 35 | |
| Walls Repaired | 27 | 31 | 61 | |||
| Floors Repaired | 2 | 47 | 11 | 60 | ||
| Doors provided | 2 | 4 | 26 | 32 | ||
| Ventilated | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Seats provided | 43 | 5 | 48 | |||
| Basins Cleansed | 12 | 4 | 14 | 30 | ||
| Drains— | ||||||
| Drains Re-constructed | 56 | 49 | 73 | 81 | 259 | |
| Surface Drains provided | 22 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 49 | |
| Cleansed and Amended | 111 | 87 | 43 | 49 | 290 | |
| Gully Traps fixed | 135 | 104 | 64 | 94 | 397 | |
| New Soil Pipes and Vent Pipes fixed | 45 | 42 | 15 | 21 | 123 | |
| Chambers built and Interceptors provided | 23 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 70 | |
| Interceptors only fixed | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Ventilated | 6 | 22 | 40 | 25 | 93 | |
| Provided to Stables | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Clearing Eyes | 38 | ... | 41 | 22 | 101 | |
| Sinks, Batli& Lavatory Wastes, and Rain Water Pines— | ||||||
| Disconnected from drains, trap-ped and ventilated | 30 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 85 | |
| Provided | 12 | 12 | ||||