Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Houses plastering of walls and ceilings repaired | 24 |
„ dealt with under Housing Acts | 24 |
Workshops cleansed and limewashed | 26 |
„ roof repaired | 11 |
Roofs of houses repaired | 68 |
Floors of houses repaired or relaid | 36 |
„ workshops repaired or relaid | 32 |
„ stables repaired or relaid | 9 |
Stables provided with drainage | 3 |
„ „ ventilation | 2 |
Coach-house floors repaired | 10 |
„ ceilings | 5 |
Dampness of house walls remedied | 121 |
Air spaces under floors of houses ventilated | 3 |
Accumulations of refuse removed | 34 |
,, manure removed | 12 |
,, water in cellars removed | 6 |
„ in ditches | 6 |
Manure receptacles provided | 18 |
Animals, fowls, &c., nuisances from, abated | 22 |
Urinals cleansed | 18 |
Overcrowding, number of cases abated | 10 |
Smoke nuisances, number of cases dealt with | 1 |
Water supply provided to houses | 4 |
Taps provided on main | 6 |
Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 53 |
Notices.
One thousand one hundred and eighty-seven
Preliminary Notices and 63 Statutory Notices have been
served for the abatement of nuisances, and the necessary
works asked for were carried out in nearly all cases,
no Police Court proceedings being necessary.
As I pointed out last year the very few Police Court
proceedings and the number of Statutory Notices
compared with the Preliminary ones show that the
Statutory Notices are not asked for unless the owners