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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
Acton 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK
For the Year 1893.
Bottles of Disinfectants supplied in cases of infectious diseases 250
Number of Rooms disinfected 158
„ House Inspections 465
„ Tests applied to Drains 43
„ House Drains remedied and relaid 137
„ Sanitary Additions and Improvements 244
Revisits for inspecting work in progress, etc. 807
Inspections of accumulations and deposits 43
Sundry Nuisances 60
Nuisance from Stables 5
Foul Ditches 7
Water in Cellars 5
Stagnant Water 2
Burning Refuse 2
Fowls and Rabbits 2
Cats 1
Rats 1
Non-supply of water to dwellings 4
Overcrowding 7
Keeping swine within 100 feet of dwellings 2
Number of complaints registered 91
Inspections of Slaughter houses and Piggeries 260
„ Bakehouses 32
„ Cowsheds and Dairies 47
Articles of Food condemned:—