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Acton 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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PUERPERAL FEVER.
No cases were notified.
There were 973 confinements during the year.
WATER SUPPLY.
No complaints reached me during the year.
An analysis was made of a sample on October 9th, and
the report was satisfactory.
DRAINAGE.
The only sewers laid down during the year were short
lengths in Bedford Park and Acton Lane.
NUISANCES.
Reference to the subjoined report of your Sanitary Inspector
will show the various classes under which these have been treated.