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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 1896

Annual report for 1896 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: Section III. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported on and Work done during the Year 1896.

Section III. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported on and Work done during the Year 1896.

Houses and Premises :—Home District.Kensal Town.Total.
*Reported on respecting nuisances complained of11092851394
Reported on with reference to infectious cases9962321228
Cleansed, whitewashed, and repaired305176481
Defective roofs repaired12611137
Disinfected after zymotic diseases9131351048
Cases of overcrowding abated23528
Dust-bins, new, provided19314207
„ repaired291948
Underground rooms reported as occupied contrary to Act6__6
Houses closed as unfit for human habitation15116
Drainage:—
Drains opened, cleansed, and made sound165120285
„ trapped with stoneware gullies
Water-closets cleansed and repaired11867185
„ new pans and traps provided27729306
Spout drains cleansed, repaired, or renewed12866194
Sink, bath, and lavatory waste pipes disconnected1409149
Soil pipes ventilated or repaired1407147
,, new, provided1014105
New drains laid, in accordance with Vestry's regulations1627169
Cesspools abolished3—3
Additional w.c. accommodation provided—1313
Water Supply:—
For domestic purposes, provided where cut off by Water Company54357
For water-closets, or check cisterns provided.31159370
Main cisterns cleansed or repaired332255
„ new, provided156
Nuisances abated arising from:—
Keeping of animals14317
Accumulations of manure and other filth542276
Yards cleansed, paved, or drained150120270
Smoke628
Dung pits repaired, drained, &c., or cages, &c., provided14_14
Dust shoots abolished10—10

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