Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1902 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE X. Number of Inspections, &c., Made, Notices Served, Letters Sent, and Sanitary "Works Carried Out.
1901. | 1902. | |
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Number of houses, premises, &c., inspected | 6320 | 8557 |
„ re-inspection after Order or Notice | 7532 | 11282 |
„ inspections, re manure removal | 3292 | 800 |
Cautionary Notices served | 1208 | 1763 |
Statutory Notices served | 530 | 358 |
Letters sent | 955 | 1208 |
Premises cleansed, white-washed, or repaired | 577 | 534 |
Water supply, cisterns cleansed, repaired, or covered | 323 | 313 |
„ new cisterns provided | 8 | 27 |
Water closets repaired, cleansed, &c. | 392 | 328 |
„ ventilated | 37 | 93 |
„ new provided | 295 | 299 |
House drains repaired, trapped, &c. | 354 | 340 |
,, ventilated | 117 | 161 |
„ re-constructed | 321 | 318 |
Yard pavings repaired, &c | 159 | 186 |
„ new provided. | 50 | 55 |
Dust bins repaired, covered, &c. | 69 | 29 |
,, new provided | 182 | 186 |
Abatement of overcrowding | 13 | 26 |
Removal of refuse, dung, stagnant water, &c. | 586 | 325 |
„ animals improperly kept | 3 | 10 |
Underground rooms discontinued as dwellings | 2 | 1 |
Manure receptacles re-constructed or new provided | 30 | 71 |