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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Summary of Inspectors' Work for the Year 1905.
| lnsnectors. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Rabbetts | Payne | Poln ton | Total | |
| Total number of visits paid Number of complaints received and | 2130 | 2661 | 2718 | 1396 | 8905 |
| investigated | 87 | 65 | 40 | 43 | 235 |
| Number of premises inspected | 310 | 655 | 753 | 346 | 2064 |
| Number of nuisances discovered | 237 | 398 | 188 | 162 | 985 |
| Nuisances abated without report | 232 | 242 | 95 | 109 | 678 |
| „ „ after report | 5 | 93 | 90 | 53 | 241 |
| Preliminary notices served | 127 | 174 | 123 | 63 | 487 |
| Legal notices served | 5 | 39 | 11 | 24 | 79 |
| Notices followed by legal proceedings | - | 2 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Character of Work Done— | |||||
| Houses dealt with under the Housing | |||||
| of the Working Classes Act | 1 | 11 | 3 | — | 15 |
| Houses cleansed and repaired generally | 63 | 41 | 36 | 23 | 163 |
| Ventilation of houses improved | 3 | 20 | 2 | — | 25 |
| Overcrowding abated | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Defective roofs repaired | 47 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 132 |
| Houses under.pinned (damp proof course inserted or damp walls remedied | 8 | 11 | 4 | - | 23 |
| Eaves guttering renewed or repaired | 50 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 121 |
| Water.closets renewed or repaired | 52 | 65 | 18 | 12 | 147 |
| Water.closets provided with water for flushing | 59 | 60 | 19 | 27 | 165 |
| Privies or earth.closets reconstructed, improved or abolished | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | 9 |
| Privies or earth.closets abolished, and water.closets substituted | 1 | - | 5 | - | 6 |
| Houses supplied with water from the main | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Water tanks or cisterns cleansed or covered | 9 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| Yards of houses paved with impervious material | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 |
| Paving of yards repaired | 17 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 44 |
| Floors of sculleries paved or repaired | 9 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 40 |
| Ashpits or dustbins provided | 18 | 82 | 12 | 9 | 121 |
| Cesspools abolished and filled up | 1 | — | 6 | — | 7 |
| Cesspools cleansed | 9 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 38 |
| Houses at which drains were tested | 56 | 59 | 70 | 17 | 202 |
| Houses at which drains were found defective | 41 | 46 | 25 | 16 | 128 |
| Houses at which drains were re.constructed or new provided | 15 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 79 |
| Houses at which drains were cleansed, ventilated, trapped or repaired | 53 | 109 | 47 | 7 | 216 |