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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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ORDINARY NUISANCES ABATED.
Smoke 8
Manure, fish offal, and other offensive deposits 23
Cess-pools abolished 8
Choked drains, &c. 33
Overcrowding 10
Cellar flooding 13
Non-supply of water to dwellings 3
Pig-keeping abolished 6
Dustbins provided 25
Other nuisances not included in the above 53
GENERAL INSPECTIONS.
Bakehouses 26
Cowsheds, dairies, and milkshops 65
Slaughter houses 95
Piggeries 139
Brickfields 13
ARTICLES OF FOOD CONDEMNED.
A large quantity of Meat-bones.
1 Trunk of Mackerel.
2 „ „ Plaice.
1 „ „ Haddock.
1 „ „ Cat-fish.
WILLIAM T. BOVEY,
Inspector of Nuisances.