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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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| Inspectors. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Payne | Rabbetts | Total | |
| Water cisterns or tanks cleansed or covered | 8 | 2 | 26 | 81 |
| Yards of houses paved with impervious material | 16 | 8 | 16 | 40 |
| Paving of yards repaired | 8 | 14 | 20 | 87 |
| Floors of sculleries paved or repaired | 17 | 10 | 25 | 52 |
| Ashpits or dustbins provided | 22 | 81 | 77 | 130 |
| Additional w.c. provided | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Cesspools abolished or filled up | 1 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| Cesspools cleansed | 5 | 41 | — | 46 |
| Houses at which drains were tested | 84 | 72 | 36 | 142 |
| Houses at which drains were found defective... | 81 | 51 | 30 | 112 |
| Houses at which drains were re-con-structed or new provided | 9 | 16 | 36 | 61 |
| Houses at which drains were cleansed, ventilated, trapped or repaired | 28 | 60 | 109 | 192 |
| Number of drain tests made in course of work done under the two previous headings | 27 | 63 | 80 | 170 |
| Houses at which inspection chambers in drains were provided | 11 | 15 | 20 | 46 |
| Stables provided with drainage | 2 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Premises at which animals improperly kept were removed | 4 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| Number of inspections of food exposed for sale | 109 | 119 | 116 | 344 |
| Urinals cleansed and repaired | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 6 | 27 | 21 | 54 |
| Piggeries repaired and improved | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| Infective houses disinfected and cleansed | 128 | 81 | 146 | 855 |
| Number of visits to infective houses | 274 | 336 | 348 | 958 |
| Number of dairies and milkshops | 23 | 36 | 43 | 102 |
| Number of visits to ditto | 218 | 148 | 111 | 477 |
| Number of complaints as to un-cleanliness and neglect of regulations | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| Number of slaughterhouses | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| Number of visits to ditto | 147 | 75 | 95 | 317 |
| Number of complaints as to un-cleanliness | - | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Number of drains opened up for examination (Section 41.P.H.A.) | 23 | 6 | 15 | 44 |
| Manure pits provided or repaired | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| Unsound food destroyed | 1 Carease | - | 56 1bs. | — |