London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Notices served, which were supplemented by letters and
personal interviews with owners of the property 146
ORDINARY NUISANCES ABATED.
Sewer manholes and road gullies 15
Smoke 2
Manure, fish offal, and other deposits 35
Cesspools abolished 11
Insanitary dwellings 9
Overcrowding 10
Cellar Flooding 16
Animals and Poultry 16
Gipsy encampments removed 20
Non-supply of water to houses 11
Receptacles for stable refuse provided 2
Piggeries abolished 5
GENERAL SANITARY INSPECTIONS.
Bakehouses 20
Dairies 8
Cowsheds 73
Slaughterhouses 126
Piggeries 183
Brickfields 54