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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Inspectors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Payne | Rabbetts | Pointon | Total | |
| Number of drain tests made in course of work done under the two previous Leadings | 80 | 58 | 109 | 60 | 307 |
| Houses at which inspection chambers in drains were provided | 10 | 14 | 36 | 16 | 76 |
| Stables provided with drainage | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Premises at which animals improperly kept were removed | - | 16 | 5 | - | 21 |
| Number of inspections of food exposed for sale | 253 | 119 | 122 | 113 | 607 |
| Urinals cleansed and repaired | — | 3 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 4 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 67 |
| Piggeries repaired and improved | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 20 |
| Infective houses disinfected and cleansed | 84 | 98 | 109 | 113 | 404 |
| Visits to infective houses | 217 | 441 | 209 | 210 | 1077 |
| Number of dairies and milkshops | 15 | 27 | 39 | 30 | 111 |
| Visits to ditto | 133 | 174 | 101 | 96 | 504 |
| Number of complaints as to un-cleanliness and neglect of regulations | - | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
| Number of slaughterhouses | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| Number of visits to same Number of complaints as to un- | 76 | 137 | 135 | 95 | 443 |
| cleanliness | — | 4 | 18 | — | 22 |
| Number of drains opened up for examination (Section 41.P.H.A.) | 6 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 64 |
| Unsound meat destroyed | — | — | 2370 lbs. | 2370 | |
Articles Disinfected.
| January | 876 | July | 1080 |
| February | 711 | August | 674 |
| March | 610 | September | 629 |
| April | 839 | October | 956 |
| May | 651 | November | 1619 |
| June | 469 | December | 1337 |
| 10,451 | |||