London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Croydon 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

This page requires JavaScript

Continued from previous page...

Whiteinspectors.PayneRabbettsTotal
Water cisterns or tanks cleansed or covered541827
Yards of houses paved with impervious material34161565
Paving of yards repaired10191140
Floors of sculleries paved or repaired2191949
Ashpits or dustbins provided274753127
Cesspools abolished or filled up5353
Cesspools cleansed2415140
Houses at which drains were tested7411177262
Houses at which drains were found defective483648132
Houses at which drains were re.constructed or new provided17152860
Houses at which drains were cleansed,
ventilated, trapped or repaired8164114209
Number of drain tests made in course of work done under the two previous headings685262182
Houses at which inspection chambers in drains were provided16151647
Stables provided with drainage145
Premises at which animals improperly kept were removed.111021
Number of inspections of food exposed for sale216133131479
Urinals cleansed and repaired42410
Smoke nuisances abated134
Offensive accumulations removed7254375
Piggeries repaired and improved111416
Infective houses disinfected and
cleansed12487137348
Number of visits to infective houses2578515651173
Number of dairies and milkshops27208683
Number of visits to ditto22515082457
Number of complaints as to un. cleanliness and neglect of regulations86918
Number of slaughterhouses66517
Number of visits to ditto139117118874
Number of complaints as to un. cleanliness.268
Number of drains opened up for examination (Section 41.P.H.A.)1632241
Manure pits provided or repaired88
Unsound food destroyedCarcase of beef
2 mats2 bags winkles s of cauliflowers