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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 1913

Annual report for 1913 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, 1913.

SUMMARY OF NUISANCES AND OTHER MATTERS REPORTED ON AND WORK DONE DURING THE YEAR, 1913.

Houses and Premises :—
House-to-house inspections341
*Reported on respecting nuisances complained of496
Reported on with reference to infectious cases321
Cleansed, whitewashed, and repaired199
Defective roofs repaired80
Disinfected after communicable diseases247
Disinfected for Tubercular and other diseases95
Rooms disinfected for verminous conditions265
Cases of overcrowding abated2
Dust-bins, new, provided67
Ashpits demolished3
Underground rooms occupied contrary to Act—
Inspections of restaurant kitchens73

Table: Drainage:—

Drainage:—

Drains opened, cleansed, and made sound74
„ trapped with stoneware gullies
Water-closets cleansed and repaired63
Water-closets, new pans and traps provided54
Spout drains cleansed, repaired, or renewed57
Sink, bath, and lavatory waste pipes provided and repaired69
Drains and soil pipes ventilated or repaired27
Soil pipes, new, provided17
Additional w.c. accommodation provided3

Table: Water Supply:—

Water Supply:—

For domestic purposes, provided where cut off by Water Board13
For water-closets, or check cisterns provided and repaired56
Main cisterns cleaned or repaired36
„ new covers provided11
„ new, provided2
Water certificates, issued in respect of newly erected dwelling-houses—

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•This does not include re-visits to premises to ascertain works in
progress, or premises visited where no nuisances arc found to exist,
which, if added, would at least be treble the number of visits made.