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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 1905

Annual report for 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: SUMMARY OF NUISANCES AND OTHER MATTERS REPORTED ON AND WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR 1905.

SUMMARY OF NUISANCES AND OTHER MATTERS REPORTED ON AND WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR 1905.

Houses and Premises:—
House-to-house inspections492
*Reported on respecting nuisances complained of644
Reported on with reference to infectious cases383
Cleansed, whitewashed, and repaired222
Defective roofs repaired108
Disinfected after communicable diseases379
Rooms disinfected under London County Council (General Powers) Act, 190430
Cases of overcrowding abated13
Dust-bins, new, provided89
„ repaired2
Underground rooms occupied contrary to Act1
Inspections of restaurant kitchens80
Drainage:—
Drains opened, cleansed, and made sound }338
„ trapped with stoneware gullies }
Water-closets cleansed and repaired70
,, new pans and traps provided219
Spout drains cleansed, repaired, or renewed86
Sink, bath, and lavatory waste pipes provided and repaired130
Drains and soil pipes ventilated or repaired131
Soil pipes, new, provided83
New drains laid, in accordance with Council's regulations (including 11 systems of combined drainage)96
Additional w.c. accommodation provided7
Water Supply:—
For domestic purposes, provided where cut off by Water Board10
For water-closets, or check cisterns provided and repaired105
Main cisterns cleansed or repaired60
„ new, provided4
Water certificates, issued in respect of newly erected dwelling-houses58
Nuisances abated arising from:—
Keeping of animals9
Accumulations of manure and other filth28
Yards, areas, and wash-houses paved or drained239
Smoke3
Dung-pits repaired, drained, &c., or cages, &c., provided—