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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Inspectors. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Payne | Rabbetts | Fitt | Total | ||||||
| Houses at which drains were re-constructed or new provided | 11 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 51 | |||||
| Houses at which drains were cleansed, ventilated, trapped or repaired | 44 | 62 | 104 | 23 | 233 | |||||
| Number of drain tests in course of work done under the two previous headings | 42 | 41 | 77 | 7 | 167 | |||||
| Houses at which inspection chambers in drains were provided | 2 | 8 | 24 | 12 | 46 | |||||
| Stables provided with drainage | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | |||||
| Premises at which animals improperly kept were removed | - | 5 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |||||
| Number of inspections of food exposed for sale | 157 | 109 | 91 | 28 | 385 | |||||
| Unsound food destroyed | — | — | 5 boxes fish, 10 rabbits, 36 eggs. | 251bs. meat, 5 hearts, leg mutton. | — | |||||
| Urinals cleansed and repaired | 2 | 2 | 12 | l | 17 | |||||
| Smoke nuisances abated | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 | |||||
| Offensive accumulations removed | 8 | 11 | 44 | 6 | 69 | |||||
| Number of piggeries | 5 | 1 | 14 | 37 | 57 | |||||
| Piggeries repaired and improved | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 21 | |||||
| Infective houses disinfected and cleansed | 138 | 94 | 148 | 53 | 428 | |||||
| Number of visits to infective houses | 285 | 303 | 361 | 55 | 1004 | |||||
| Number of dairies and milkshops | 21 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 106 | |||||
| Number of visits to ditto | 184 | 163 | 84 | 24 | 455 | |||||
| Number of complaints as to un-cleanliness and neglect of regulations | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||||
| Number of slaughterhouses | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |||||
| Number of visits to ditto | 122 | 61 | 77 | 22 | 282 | |||||
| Number of complaints as to un-cleanliness | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Number of visits to bakehouses | 65 | 28 | 41 | 16 | 150 | |||||
| Number of complaints as to un-cleanliness | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Number of visits to butchers' and fishmongers' shops | 157 | 79 | 91 | 24 | 351 | |||||
| Number of drains opened up for examination (Section 41, P.H.A., 1875) | - | 8 | 13 | - | 21 | |||||
| Manure pits provided or repaired | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | 11 | |||||
| Number of offensive trades | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Number of visits to ditto | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Quarries or lands fenced | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | |||||