Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1897
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TABLE IX.
Summary of Nuisances abated, Notices served, and General Work of the Sanitary Department for 12 months ended 31st December, 1897:—
PREMISES INSPECTED. | From 1st Sep. to 31st Dec. | East District Inspector. | Central District Inspector. | Chief Inspector. | Totla |
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West District Inspector. | |||||
No. of Houses inspected, House to house | 330 | 831 | 921 | .. | 2082 |
„ Re-inspections, after service of notices | 550 | 1850 | 1980 | 1340 | 5720 |
„ Houses and premises specially inspected, including infectious diseases and complaints | 194 | 468 | 524 | 1156 | 2342 |
„ New buildings, re water certificates | .. | .. | .. | 206 | 206 |
„ Houses where drains have been tested by smoke test | 29 | 66 | 53 | 45 | 193 |
NUISANCES ABATED. Drains. | |||||
Waste pipes from baths, lavatories, and wash-house sinks, repaired or disconnected | .. | 85 | 76 | 25 | 186 |
Choked and defective drains | 95 | 219 | 136 | 135 | 585 |
Defective traps | 14 | 83 | 91 | 28 | 216 |
Defective and unventilated soil pipes | 9 | 97 | 42 | 20 | 168 |
Combined drains examined and referred to Works Department | .. | .. | .. | 39 | 39 |
No. of houses affected by the defective com bined drains W.C.'s | .. | .. | .. | 152 | 152 |
W.C.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided, fittings repaired | 58 | 215 | 206 | 64 | 543 |
Water supply apparatus repaired | 22 | 203 | 135 | 68 | 428 |
Premises. | |||||
Interiors cleansed, repaired, and defective roofs repaired | 104 | 150 | 266 | 42 | 562 |
Damp walls remedied | 24 | 175 | 223 | 22 | 444 |
Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired | 76 | 165 | 143 | 28 | 412 |
Through ventilation provided | .. | 14 | 14 | 4 | 32 |
Wash-houses without sinks and outlets for waste water | .. | 20 | 6 | 5 | 31 |
Defective guttering and rain-water pipes | 37 | 208 | 114 | 39 | 398 |
Dustbins supplied | 114 | 385 | 353 | 240 | 1092 |
Dung pits provided | .. | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |