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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Inspectors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Rabbets | Payne | Total | |
| Defective roofs repaired | 4 | 24 | 3 | 31 |
| Houses under - pinned (damp - proof course inserted) | 4 | _ | 1 | 5 |
| Eaves-gutters renewed or repaired | 14 | 33 | 4 | 51 |
| Water-closets renewed or repaired | 29 | 101 | 21 | 151 |
| Indoor soil - pipes abolished, and new ones provided outside and ventilated | 4 | _ | _ | 4 |
| " D " traps abolished | 6 | — | — | 6 |
| Water closets provided with water for flushing, and disconnected from domestic supply | 4 | 20 | 28 | |
| Privies reconstructed with small movable receptacles, or converted into earth-closets | _ | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| New receptacles provided for earth-closets or privies | 3 | _ | 2 | 5 |
| Bath, lavatory, and sink waste-pipes disconnected from drain, and caused to discharge over gully-traps | – | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Houses supplied with water from main | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 |
| Water-tanks or cisterns cleansed or covered | 3 | 67 | — | 70 |
| Yards of houses paved with impervious material | 4 | 58 | 15 | 77 |
| Paving of yards repaired | — | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Floors of sculleries paved or repaired | 3 | 36 | 3 | 42 |
| Ashpits or dustbins provided | 62 | 75 | 6 | 143 |
| ,, „ cleansed and covered | 1 | 12 | 4 | 17 |
| Cesspools abolished and filled up | 3 | — | 2 | 5 |
| ,, cleansed | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| New cesspools provided | — | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Houses at which drains were tested | 68 | 76 | 28 | 172 |
| ,, ,, „ found defective | 64 | 71 | 24 | 159 |
| Houses at which drains were reconstructed or new provided | 42 | 113 | 21 | 176 |
| Houses at which drains were cleansed, ventilated, trapped, or repaired | 35 | 58 | 21 | 114 |
| Number of drain tests made in course of work done under the two previous headings | 147 | 208 | 53 | 408 |
| Houses at which inspection chambers in drains were provided | 20 | 39 | 16 | 75 |
| Stables provided with drainage | 2 | 10 | 16 | |
| Premises from which animals improperly kept were removed | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Number of inspections of food exposed for sale | 44 | 38 | 45 | 127 |
| Urinals cleansed or repaired | 3 | 1 | — | |
| Smoke nuisances abated | — | — | — | — |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 11 | 25 | 20 | 56 |
| Paving of piggeries repaired | — | 8 | — | 8 |
| Infected houses fumigated and cleansed | 22 | 22 | 12 | 56 |