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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

Chelsea 1894

Annual report for 1894 of the Medical Officer of Health

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PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

Table: Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported on and work done duringthe year 1894.

Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported on and work done duringthe year 1894.

Houses and Premises:—Home District.Kensal Town.Total.
* Reported on respecting nuisances complained of12013011502
Reported on with reference to infectious cases669158827
Cleansed and whitewashed410146556
Defective roofs repaired712394
Disinfected, cleansed and purified after zymotic
diseases411149560
Cases of overcrowding abated20525
Dust-bins, new, provided14219161
„ repaired113849
Underground rooms reported as occupied contrary to Act3—3
Houses closed as unfit for human habitation18—18
Drainage:—
Drains opened, cleansed and made sound227104331
„ trapped with stoneware gullies
Water-closets cleansed and repaired20839247
„ new pans and traps provided23327260
Spout drains cleansed, repaired, or renewed13186217
Sink, bath, and lavatory waste pipes disconnected20421225
Soil pipes ventilated or repaired11210122
„ new, provided35—35
New drains laid, in accordance with Vestry's regulations1446150
Water Supply:—
For domestic purposes, provided where cut off
by Water Company25429
For water-closets, by providing check cisterns26551316
Main cisterns cleansed or repaired504191
„ new, provided11112
Nuisances abated arising from—
Keeping of animals9110
Accumulations of manure and other filth241741
Yards cleansed, paved, or drained83110193
Smoke415

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* This does not include re-visits to premises to ascertain works in progress, or premises
visited where no nuisances were found to exist, which, if added, would at least treble the
number of visits made.