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South Hornsey 1894

A report of the South Hornsey District Council...

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TABLE8.

Sanitary and other Works

Carried out during he year 1894.

INSPECTIONS.
Complaints received43
Cases of Infectious Disease notified86
Houses inspected470
Total number of reinspeotions after [???]tice900
Number of Schools inspected14
„ Workshops and Work places inspected8
„ Laundries inspected6
„ Bakehouses,10
„ Slaughter-houses inspected4
,, Cowsheds „2
„ Dairies and Milkshops inspected14
„ Greengrocers' and Fishmongers' inspected20
„ Shops licensed for the sale of Petroleum4
NOTICES.
Letters written and circulars sent out850
Personal Notices served79
Statutory notices served231
Summonses served6
Houses ordered to be closed by Magistrate4
„ „ put in Sanitary condition1
MORTUARY.
Bodies received17
Inquests held15
Post Mortems8
WATER SUPPLY.
New cisterns provided6
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, recovered, etc48
Overflow pipes disconnected from drains1
WATER CLOSETS.
New constructed5
Repaired, cleansed, etc59
Water supply fittings overhauled and repaired56
Soil pipes taken outside and ventilated43
Flush cisterns provided20
DRAINS.
Examined and tested118
Unstopped, repaired, trapped, etc.126
Waste pipes, rain water pipes disconnected132
Inspection Chambers provided15
Drains ventilated111
DISINFECTION.
Rooms lamigated95
Articles disinfected or destroyed75