Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Summary of Inspectors' Work for the Year 1910.
Inspectors. | |||||
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White | Payne | Rabbetts | Fitt | Total | |
Total number of visits paid | 2535 | 2383 | 3280 | 741 | 8939 |
Number of complaints received and investigated | 260 | 47 | 87 | 22 | 416 |
Number of premises inspected | 583 | 449 | 873 | 122 | 2027 |
Number of nuisances discovered | 188 | 171 | 418 | 117 | 894 |
Nuisances abated without report | 162 | 125 | 319 | 110 | 716 |
,, ,, after report | 25 | 42 | 71 | 3 | 141 |
Preliminary notices served | 168 | 153 | 236 | 84 | 641 |
Legal notices served | 20 | 27 | 35 | 6 | 88 |
Notices followed by legal proceedings | - | - | - | - | - |
Character of Work Done— | |||||
Houses dealt with under the Housing of the Working Classes Act | 9 | 8 | 9 | - | 26 |
Houses inspected under the Housing and Town Planning Act | 22 | 38 | 22 | 35 | 117 |
Houses repaired and cleansed generally | 153 | 63 | 90 | 56 | 362 |
Ventilation of houses improved | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
Overcrowding abated | — | 5 | 16 | 5 | 26 |
Defective roofs repaired | 21 | 31 | 20 | 13 | 85 |
Houses under-pinned (damp proof course inserted) or damp walls remedied | 44 | 17 | 42 | 3 | 106 |
Eaves guttering renewed or repaired | 24 | 32 | 37 | 28 | 121 |
Water-closets renewed or repaired | 72 | 11 | 55 | 10 | 148 |
Water-closets provided with water for flushing purposes | 5 | 3 | 53 | 17 | 78 |
Houses where water supply was reinstated | - | - | - | 5 | 5 |
Privies or earth-closets re-constructed, improved or abolished | - | 6 | - | - | 6 |
Houses supplied with water from the main | 2 | 3 | 8 | - | 13 |
Water cisterns or tanks cleansed or covered | 4 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 58 |
Yards of houses paved with impervious material | 35 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 90 |
Paving of yards repaired | 38 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 104 |
Floors of sculleries paved or repaired | 15 | 12 | 35 | 7 | 69 |
Ashpits or dustbins provided | 49 | 24 | 87 | 27 | 187 |
Additional w.c. provided | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 |
Cesspools abolished or filled up | — | 32 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
Cesspools cleansed | 11 | 308 | — | 3 | 322 |
Houses at which drains were tested | 49 | 46 | 74 | 9 | 178 |
Houses at which drains were found defective | 34 | 31 | 39 | 4 | 108 |