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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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VI.—GENERAL.
Water Courses.—The condition of all water courses
is kept under the constant supervision of your officers,
and further material improvements have been effected
and maintained.
House Refuse Collection.—The collection of house
refuse has been again extended during the year,
and except in the very rural portions, no part of the
district is without frequent and adequate collection.
Nuisances have from time to time been dealt with with
regard to the deposits made in this district of house
refuse, which is brought in, both by road and rail,
from the Metropolis.
| Particulars. | Result. |
|---|---|
| Refusing admission to disinfect a room and bedding, etc., after cases of Scarlet Fever. | Fined £1 and 10s. costs, and ordered to admit the Council's officers for the purposes of disinfecting. |
| For the non abatement of a nuisance at Mitcham. | Summons withdrawn. |
| For obstructing the Medical Officer of Health and Inspector of Nuisances in removing diseased meat which had been seized. | Fined £1 and 8s. 6d. costs in each instance, and £2 2s. for fees. |
| For contravening the bye-laws relating to the keeping of pigs. Two summonses. | Fined 40s. and 9s. 6d costs on each summons. |
| For contravening the bye-laws relating to pigkeeping. | Summons withdrawn on payment of costs. |
| For depositing house refuse so as to be a nuisance. | Fined 20s. and costs, and an order made to abate the nuisance. |
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