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Hanover Square 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]

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Sanitary Legislation.
A Bill to amend Part III. of the Housing: of the Working
Classes Act (1890) was passed and received the Royal
assent; it is known as the Housing of the Working Classes
Act (1890) Amendment Act.
Various other Bills, mostly amendments to previous Acts,
were brought before Parliament, but were all withdrawn or
dropped.
Sanitary Work.
For the Year ending December 29th, 1900.
The following report prepared for me by Mr. Albert
Taylor, your Chief Sanitary Inspector, shows the amount
of sanitary work done. I have added the figures for 1899
for comparison:—

Table XII.

1899.1900.
Houses and Premises inspected1,6862,337
,, „ re-inspected6,6897,702
References to Surveyor1738
Notices issued (preliminary)562754
„ (statutory)4572
Summonses taken out66
Convictions obtained66

Table XIII. Nuisances dealt with:—

1899.1900.
Soil Pipes fixed317201
Soil Pipes ventilated211107
Bath, Sink, and other Waste Pipes disconnected298374
Drains unstopped or repaired136170
Defective Drains re-constructed182249
Trapped Gullies fixed384616
Water Closet apparatus cleaned and repaired111131
Water Closets fixed352361
Water Waste Preventer Cisterns fixed310353
Carried forward2,3012,562