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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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VII.—INSPECTORS' WORK.
Subjoined appears a summary of the Inspectors
work during the past year. It will be seen that
6,396 visits have been paid by them, as against
8,798 last year, 10,469 in 1907, 9,660 in 1906, 8,905
in 1905, 7,904 in 1904, and 8.083 in 1903.
I have again to bear testimony to the extreme care
and accuracy, and the unceasing vigilance which each
Inspector displays in the carrying out of his arduous
and trying duties.
Summary of Inspectors' Work for the Year 1909.
| Inspectors. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Payne | Rabbetts | Total | |
| Total number of visits paid | 1394 | 2412 | 2590 | 6396 |
| Number of complaints received and investigated | 102 | 133 | 78 | 313 |
| Number of premises inspected | 379 | 365 | 563 | 1307 |
| Number of nuisances discovered | 190 | 146 | 361 | 697 |
| Nuisances abated without report | 151 | 100 | 283 | 534 |
| ,, ,, after report | 39 | 42 | 90 | 171 |
| Preliminary notices served | 147 | 123 | 161 | 431 |
| Legal notices served | 39 | 14 | 25 | 78 |
| Notices followed by legal proceedings | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Character of Work Done— | ||||
| Houses dealt with under the Housing of the Working Classes Act | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| Houses cleansed and repaired generally | 55 | 32 | 61 | 148 |
| Ventilation of houses improved | 3 | 5 | - | 8 |
| Overcrowding abated | — | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Defective roofs repaired | 21 | 12 | 38 | 71 |
| Houses under-pinned (damp proof course inserted; or damp walls remedied | 11 | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| Eaves guttering renewed or repaired | 9 | 11 | 25 | 45 |
| Water-closets renewed or repaired | 23 | 15 | 57 | 95 |
| Water-closets provided with water for flushing | 2 | 2 | 82 | 86 |
| Privies orearth-closets re-constructed, improved or abolished | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Houses supplied with water from the main | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |