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Chislehurst 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The Council has established a Diphtheria Immunisation
Clinic, and sessions have been held during the year at the
Council Offices, Sidcup Place, Sidcup.
The following is a statement of the work carried out during the year:
| Number of .sessions held | 51 | |
| New crises: Number found susceptible | 211 | |
| Number found not susceptible | 18 | |
| Total | - | 229 |
| Number found not susceptible | 163 | |
| Number found susceptible (re-immunised) | 6 | |
| Total | - | 169 |
| Subsequent attendances | 806 | |
| Total attendances | 1,204 | |
The Health Visitor paid 49 visits in connection with cases
attending this Clinic.
DRAINAGE.
Practically the whole of the District is drained to the public
sewers. Sewage outfall facilities are provided by the West
Kent Joint Sewerage Board.
During the year the following new sewers were laid:
Approximately 2.44 miles of new sewers.
Approximately 1.15 miles of surface water sewer.
The approximate number of each type of closet in use at
the end of the year was:
Water closets draining into sewers 19,439
Water closets draining into cesspools 322
Earth closets or privy middens 5
Pail closets 53
| No. of Houses connected to the sewer | No. of Houses not connected to sewers | No. of Houses not provided with a piped water supply | No. of wells still in use for purpose of domestic supply |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19439 | 380 | 24 | 22 |
| W.C.'s | Pan or Pail Closets | Midden Privies and for Earth Closets | Ashpits separate from Midden Privi9s | Cesspools | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of | No. of houses into | ||||
| 19439 | 53 | 5 | Nil | 258 | 322 |