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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
St Olave 1896
Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1896
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SANITARY.
TABLE III.
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Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported on, and work done during the year ending 31st December, 1896.
| Number of Inspections made | 1166 |
| Re-Inspections or visits to works in progress, testing drains both new and old, &c. | 2267 |
| Number of Complaints entered in the complaint book | 4 |
| The above-mentioned nuisances were dealt with as follows: Number of Intimations served | 572 |
| „ Statutory Notices served under Public Health Act | 210 |
| „ „ „ „ Metropolis Management Act | 15 |
| „ Notices served requiring provision of dust-bins | 27 |
| „ „ requiring the removal of obnoxious matter, under Section 35 | 2 |
| „ Reports to Board or Committees | 46 |
| Summonses taken out— | |
| For non-compliance with Notices under the Act | 4 |
| „ ,i Bye-laws | 3 |
| The prosecutions were in each case upheld, and the fines and costs paid. |
Sanitary defects found and dealt with:
| WATER SUPPLY— | |
| Number of Houses found without water | 1 |
| Number of cases in which the drinking water .and the supply to the w.c. were the same | 14 |
| Cisterns found dirty | 18 |
| Cisterns imperfectly covered | 37 |
| Overflow pipes connected to soil pipes or drains | 2 |
| Defective water fittings | 24 |