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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
Holborn 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE VII.
Sanitary Inspectors' "Work—Notices, &c.
| Inspector Bennett. | Inspector Clark. | Inspector Larard. | Inspector Lovibond. | Whole Borough. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intimation Notices Served | 223 | 452 | 424 | 167 | 1266 |
| Houses | 164 | 390 | 295 | 87 | 936 |
| Water closets defective or dirty | 77 | 182 | 103 | 28 | 390 |
| „ insufficient | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 |
| Drains defective | 17 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 81 |
| Soil pipes or waste pipes defective | 15 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 69 |
| Gullies defective | — | 4 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| Ash-bins defective | 17 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 56 |
| „ absence of | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
| Water supply defective or insufficient | 8 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 41 |
| „ cistern dirty or defective | 11 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 42 |
| „ fittings defective | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yard or area or other paving defective | 15 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 49 |
| Roof or guttering defective | 7 | 23 | 34 | 12 | 76 |
| Accumulations | 8 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 63 |
| Premises dirty | 48 | 89 | 89 | 22 | 248 |
| „ overcrowded | 9 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 37 |
| „ other defects | 3 | 30 | 86 | 4 | 125 |
| Underground rooms | 1 | 22 | 2 | — | 25 |
| Animals improperly kept | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Smoke nuisances | 3 | 5 | 5 | — | 13 |
| Urinals | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| Other nuisances | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Manure receptacles, absence of | 8 | 4 | 1 | — | 13 |
| *Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces | 59 | 62 | 129 | 80 | 330 |
| Dirty | 30 | 19 | 29 | 58 | 136 |
| Waterclosets, defective or dirty | 11 | 14 | 53 | 27 | 105 |
| „ insufficient | — | — | 4 | — | 4 |
| „ absence of separate accommodation for sexes | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| Drains, soil pipes, &c., defective | 5 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 43 |
| Improperly ventilated | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Overcrowded | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Other nuisances | 4 | 15 | 38 | 16 | 73 |
| Breach of Bye-Laws or Regulations— | |||||
| † Lodging houses | 52 | 112 | 17 | 44 | 225 |
| Dairies, cowsheds, milkshops and slaughter-houses | 9 | 5 | — | — | 14 |
| Statutory Notices Served | 21 | 96 | 93 | 20 | 230 |
* Many nuisances at workshops, that are parts of dwelling houses, are included in the Intimation
Notices served under " Houses."
† Many breaches of by-laws are included in Intimation Notices served under " Houses,"