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Barnes 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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REPORT
of
Inspector of Nuisances
For the Year ending December 31st, 1895.
Notices have been served to abate 738 Nuisances in the District
as against 472 for the year 1894, 58 complaints have been received
and 1841 house inspections made.
ABSTRACT OF NOTICES.
Defective Drains 71
Pipes not sufficiently trapped 9
No water supply to Closets 2
Condemned Closet pans and traps 28
Dilapidated Closet fittings 15
Want of light and ventilation to Closets 10
Defective flushing tanks 88
Defective service water pipes 18
Insufficient water supply 18
Defective Covers to Cisterns and foul Cisterns 48
No Cisterns provided 5
Soil.Pipes not sufficiently ventilated 9
Houses in need of cleansing and repairing 81
Overcrowding 2
No Dustbins, and Dustbins out of Repair 264
Houses condemned as unfit for human habitation 8
Foul Deposits 13
Animals so kept as to be a nuisance 7
Defective roofs and gutterings 16
Factories with no Sanitary Convenience 2
Leaky and Defective Cisterns 11
Yards not properly Paved 13
738