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 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE XIII.
Number of Inspections, &c., Made; Notices Served; Letters, &c.,
Issued; and Sanitary Works Carried Out.
903.
1904.
1905.
Number of Inspections
8002
11927
11960
„ Re-inspections
13865
12266
11491
„ Intimation Notices issued
1037
908
711
„ Statutory Notices issued
366
479
211
„ Letters issued
2408
5211
4673
Number of Notifications sent to "Head Teachers" of Schools
respecting notified cases of infectious disease 417
Number of Notifications respecting cases of Measles 248
1905.
Houses or parts of houses cleansed 327
Dampness in houses or parts of houses abated 88
Dilapidated „ „ „ repaired 61
Inlets or surface drains trapped 10
Improperly constructed water closets altered 22
Defective water closets repaired or renewed 106
Water closets unstopped 22
Improperly placed water closets removed 28
External ventilation provided to water closets 49
Water closet accommodation provided 33
Soil pipes repaired, renewed, or ventilated 446
Improperly placed gully traps removed 13
Gully traps cleaned 51
Yards drained 30
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains, trapped, or renewed 404
„ „ lavatories „ „ „ „ 166
„ „ baths „ „ „ „ 112
Water cisterns repaired or renewed 10
Accumulations or deposits of refuse, manure, &c , removed 697
Foul or defective dustbins or ashpits abolished 79
Foul drains cleansed 110
Defective drains amended or reconstructed 928
Drains unstopped 88
Rainwater pipes disconnected from drains 126
„ „ „ „ soil pipes 12
„ „ repaired or renewed 86