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Croydon 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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TABLE IX.

Work done by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year ending December 31st, 1909.

NATURE OF CASES DEALT WITH.Insp. Culver.Insp. EarwickerInsp. Peck.Ins. RichardsonInsp. StanleyInsp. Bull.Insp. Adams.Insp. Fulker.Insp. Vincent.I nsp. Stokes???ms Insp.Brown I mTotal.
House to House Inspection679630478646....700..90710875127
Visits to and inspections of houses where zymotic diseases have occurred..5173254....511076181568
Inspection of Premises where offensive trades are conducted......................
Inspections of Factories, Workshops and Outworkers..........1214........1214
,, ,, Greengrocers, Fishmongers & Ice Cream Shops96611232189....2003..72515775433
,, ,, Schools....98......183215217
,, ,, Shop....................309
,, ,, Bakehouses..........856......856
,, ,, Yards and Stables347946877921....1601..91416277263
,, ,, Common Lodging Houses..........516........516
„ „ „ (night visits..........10........10
,, ,, Houses let in Lodgings............2009..1282029
„ „ Urinals386555784536..1191..75710015210
Smoke observations..........96.......96
House drains tested with smoke19756019626.5....81..3984822179
„ ,, ,, water244408122151....4..493061284
,, ,, on application811057295....1..11164529
,, drains re-laid74171932....3..65116326
„ „ repaired41411345....4..4947240
Re-inspections of work in progress1832242814651383....365871393207511028
Sundry inspections30-5436536247..1022661192774192707
Complaints from public investigated1661149174....198114067851
House disinfected....................1255
Articles disinfected........9774..........9774
NUISANCES DISCOVERED.
Premises requiring repair8628561102..312316152774
,, ,, Cleansing and Whitewashing891758086..45170289448815
,, Overcrowded104...6..4311837
Drains found defective801593457..49169165578
Defective Sanitary Fittings86864970..18557104149624
272223209190..395123881731268
,, Yard Surfaces981717647....965153169815
„ Eaves and Downspouts1581984953....2623676598
,, Manure Receptacles25...1...........1119
,, Urinals4...29....106336133
„ Ashbins1251686464..1140811988777
Smoke Nuisances..........141..217
Animals improperly kept..16.......3..13445
Infringements of Bye-laws and Regulations..34.....16....11640
Offensive Accumulations1117154.....5l757117
Sundry other Nuisances124306211..65451225527
Total number of Nuisances11451525711700..2097928573812797184
Informal Notices served379394360338..96182263122122299*
Informal Notices complied with381303331332..93167462962242173
,, ,, In abeyance65545438..102924419315
Number of aDove for which Statutory Notices issued75694330..3......35...255

* Not including 444 from the year 1908.