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Croydon 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Inspectors.
White.Rabbets.Payne.Total.
Privies or earth-closets re-constructed or improved3-1114
Houses supplied with water from main2101123
Water-tanks or cisterns cleansed or covered1635253
Yards of houses paved with impervious material3426464
Paving of yards repaired1014630
Floors of sculleries paved or repaired221941
Ashpits or dustbins provided3192190313
„ „ cleansed and covered91322
Cesspools abolished and filled up4149
„ cleansed12021
Houses at which drains were tested623237131
„ „ „ found defective581528101
Houses at which drains were reconstructed or new provided484520113
Houses at which drains were cleansed, ventilated, trapped, or repaired..438218143
Number of drain tests made in course of work done under the two previous headings1078144232
Houses at which inspection chambers in drains were provided26201662
Stables provided with drainage16411
Premises from which animals improperly kept were removed310-13
Number of inspections of food exposed for sale14453695
Urinals cleansed or repaired6219
Smoke nuisances abated123
Offensive accumulations removed10271956
Paving of piggeries repaired13215
Infected houses fumigated and cleansed4914517211
Visits paid to infected houses2308143161360

IX.—REGULATED TRADES AND BUSINESSES.
(a) Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops.
There were 67 premises registered under the Dairies,
Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order at the close of the year, as
compared with 63 in 1896.
They were distributed as follows:—
Addington 2
Beddington 6
Coulsdon 13
Merton 10
Mitcham 21
Morden 2
Sanderstead 5
Wallington 8
Woodmansterne 0
Total 67