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Acton 1916
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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1916
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TABLE 17.
SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT IN DISTRICT IN
PURSUANCE OF INSPECTIONS MADE AND NOTICES SERVED.
&c.
| No of Preliminary Notices | 937 |
| „ Statutory Notices | 132 |
| „ Bye-law Notices | 125 |
| „ Notices received from H.M. Inspector of Factories | 5 |
| „ Complaints received (Verbal) | 259 |
| „ „ „ (Written) | |
| „ Premises Inspected | 1040 |
| „ Houses let in Lodgings Inspected | 84 |
| „ Contraventions under Bye-laws | 233 |
| „ Nuisances abated | 2,843 |
| „ Overcrowding Nuisances abated | 27 |
| „ Rooms, &c., cleansed, repaired. &c. | 320 |
| „ Roofs, rain water pipes, gutters, plastering, repaired | 467 |
| „ Cisterns cleansed, repaired, covered. &c. | 210 |
| „ Drains examined, tested, exposed, &c. | 168 |
| „ „ unstopped, repaired, trapped, &c. | 321 |
| „ „ submitted to Smoke Test | 55 |
| „ „ „ Water Test | 29 |
| „ House Drains reconstructed | 24 |
| „ W.C.'s repaired, supplied with water, &c. | 319 |
| „ Waste pipes, rain water pipes disconnected, repaired, &c. | 160 |
| „ New sinks provided | 18 |
| „ New Gullies provided | 45 |
| „ New Soil pipes or ventilating shafts fixed | 23 |
| „ Existing soil pipes or ventilating shafts repaired | 107 |
| „ Disconnecting traps or Chambers inserted | 16 |
| „ Dust-bins provided | 204 |
| „ Smoke Nuisances observed | 57 |
| „ „ „ abated | 9 |
| „ Yards paved or repaired | 97 |
| Meat or fish seized and surrendered (approximately in pounds) | 3205 |
| No. of Inspections of Workshops | |
| „ „ Workplaces | 8 |
| „ „ Outworkers' Premises | 154 |
| ,, „ Bakehouses | 98 |
MAURICE W. KINCH.
Chief Sanitary Inspector