London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Acton 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS. &c.
Complaints received 225
Premises inspected 1,587
Premises re-inspected 2,908
House to house inspection 557
Nuisances reported 3,091
Nuisances abated 2,477
Workshops inspected 124
Houses let in lodgings inspected 136
Furnished rooms inspected 97
Two Common Lodging Houses inspected 23 times
Three Cowsheds inspected 36 „
Forty-three Dairies and Milk Shops inspected 132 „
Twenty-six Bakehouses inspected 190 „
Four Slaughter Houses inspected 78 „
Three Piggeries inspected 36 „
Two Offensive Trades inspected 36 „
Three Mews inspected 121 „
Schools inspected 7
Van Dwellings inspected 10
Visits paid to Infected Houses 237
Patients removed to Isolation Hospital 143
Rooms disinfected 289
Schools disinfected 87 rooms
Bedding disinfected (estimated) 51 tons
Closets disinfected after Enteric Fever 17
Library Books removed from Infected Houses and dealt with 32
Letters written 1,130
Letters received 1,348
Notices received from H.M. Inspector of Factories 8
Notices to Water Company re Waste of Water 37
The following Tabulated List gives particulars of the
sanitary improvements effected during the year:—
House Drains taken up and reconstructed 97
„ repaired 72
„ unstopped and cleansed 89
„ provided with intercepting Traps 95
„ Manholes provided to 128
„ ventilated 66
„ Manholes to, cleansed 48