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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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duties connected with housing and infectious disease, factories, workshops
and workplaces, and others relating to the sanitary conditions of the
City. Details of inspections, &c., made under the Housing Acts during
the year appear in the Housing Section of this Report.
Table LXY.—District Sanitary Inspection.
Inspection of premises:— | water-Closets— | ||
Directly approaohed from rooms | 122 | ||
Primary Inspections— | |||
Accommodation insufficient | 102 | ||
1,101 | |||
(b) Infectious disease | 786 | Water Supply— | |
(c) Special Housing Inspections | 2,663 | ||
Insufficient or unsatisfactory | 35 | ||
Cisterns dirty and uncovered | 62 | ||
2,449 | |||
Absence of—in upper floors of tenement houses | 3 | ||
(e) Housing applications | 412 | ||
(f) Other reasons | 2,980 | Dustbins— | |
Total | 10,391 | Absence of | 56 |
Insufficient | 42 | ||
Re-inspections | 13,847 | Defective | 39 |
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 4 | ||
Other nuisances | 422 | ||
Primary inspections— | |||
478 | Dangerous structures noted | 23 | |
(6) Other reasons | 6,105 | Overcrowding | 98 |
Total | 6,583 | Sanitary works supervised:— | |
Re-inspections | 3,942 | Drains (including soil, waste, rainwater pipes, etc.)— | |
34,763 | |||
Constructed | 8,233 | ||
Altered, repaired, etc. | 1,942 | ||
Intercepting traps fixed | 95 | ||
Petrol interceptors provided | 26 | ||
2,256 | Tested by smoke | 603 | |
(b) Voluntary works | 14,872 | „ chemical | 348 |
Nuisances, etc.:— | „ water | 1,427 | |
„ air | 646 | ||
Defective or dirty conditions of internal structure | 1,629 | ||
Water-closets— | |||
Verminous conditions | 351 | Constructed | 2,562 |
Damp conditions | 709 | Repaired and reconditioned | 876 |
Inadequate under-floor ventilation | 439 | Urinals— | |
Constructed | 305 | ||
Defective drainage, water-closets, etc. | 562 | ||
Repaired and reconditioned | 33 | ||
„ roofs | 216 | Waste Fittings fixed— | |
,, paving of areas, etc. | 63 | Baths | 1,461 |
Water-closets— | Bidets | 106 | |
Insufficiently ventilated or lighted | 480 | Lavatory basins | 3,672 |
Sinks, etc. | 2,445 |