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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health—1895.
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301 notices have been given to masters of infected dwellings, under Sections 62 and
65 Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and
326 notices, under Section 55, sub-Section 4 Public Health (London) Act, have
been sent to head teachers attended by any patient suffering from infectious diseases,
or by any child who being an inmate of the same house as the patient is
attending school.
Report of Work done in WARD No. I,
For the Year ending December 31st, 1895.
Mr. J. WEATHERITT, Assoc. San. Inst., Sanitary Inspector.
House to house inspection 464
Other inspections 790
Re-visits 2283
Intimations served 829
Official Notices served 763
Total 5129
RESULTS.
House Drains reconstructed 31
Drains amended 32
Drains Trapped 75
Drains Unstopped 19
Rainwater Stack-pipes and Sink-pipes disconnected or repaired 68
Sink waste-pipes stopped 8
Water-closets supplied with water 263
,, repaired 120
,, reconstructed 20
,, provided with new fittings 109
,, unstopped 41
New soil-pipes 13
Soil-pipes repaired 13
New dust-bin provided 216
Dust-bins repaired 32
Dust Shoots removed from the inside of living rooms 54
,, ,, repaired 9
Yards repaved 31
Yards pavement's repaired 81
Ventilation provided to the floors of ground floor rooms 172
Floors renewed 80
,, repaired 42
Premises cleansed throughout 137
,. partly cleansed 184
Staircases in model dwellings limewashed or disinfected 21
,, lighted and ventilated 14
Rooms ,, „ 19
Roofs repaired 45
Water supply provided to dwelling houses 218
,, ,, put on from the main 5
,, fittings repaired 32
,, cisterns covered 15
Damp walls remedied 23
Occupation of underground rooms discontinued 6
Houses closed 8