Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE IX.
Summary of Nuisances abated, Notices served, and General Work of the Sanitary Department for 12 months, ended 31st December, 1894:—
PREMISES INSPECTED. | Inspections and Results. | Special in both Districts. | Total. | |
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West | East | |||
No. of houses inspected, House to house | 1144 | 749 | 1893 | |
„ „ re-inspected after service of notices | 2048 | 1589 | 923 | 4560 |
„ ,, houses and premises specially inspected, re infectious diseases and complaints | 435 | 321 | 845 | 1601 |
„ „ new buildings re certificates .. | — | — | 163 | 163 |
„ „ where drains have been tested by smoke test | 52 | 74 | 23 | 149 |
NUISANCES ABATED— Drains. | ||||
Waste pipes from baths, lavatories, and wash-house sinks, repaired or disconnected from drains | 11 | 17 | 12 | 40 |
Choked and defective drains remedied | 201 | 305 | 102 | 608 |
Defective traps abolished | 24 | 49 | 19 | 92 |
Defective and unventilated soil pipes remedied | 15 | 18 | 12 | 45 |
Stables drained | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Combined drains taken up and relaid | — | — | 24 | 24 |
No. of houses re-drained by combined drains | — | — | 161 | 161 |
W.C's | ||||
W.C.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided, fittings repaired | 58 | 217 | 23 | 298 |
Water supply apparatus repaired | 237 | 193 | 43 | 473 |
Premises. | ||||
Interiors cleansed, repaired, and defective roofs repaired | 157 | 250 | 33 | 446 |
Damp walls remedied | 40 | 56 | 10 | 106 |
Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired | 129 | 108 | 19 | 256 |
Through ventilation provided | 6 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
Wash-houses without sinks and outlets for waste water | 23 | 36 | 59 | |
Defective guttering and rain water pipes | 124 | 83 | 15 | 222 |
Dustbins supplied | 134 | — | — | 134 |