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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Summary of Inspectors' Work for the Year 1907.
| Inspectors. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Payne | Rabbetts | Pointon | Total | |
| Total number of visits paid | 2302 | 2610 | 3097 | 2460 | 10469 |
| Number of complaints received and investigated | 77 | 44 | 76 | - | 197 |
| Number of premises inspected | 419 | 537 | 768 | 439 | 2163 |
| Number of nuisances discovered | 235 | 154 | 397 | 157 | 943 |
| Nuisances abated without report | 224 | 84 | 332 | 130 | 770 |
| „ „ after report | 11 | 60 | 71 | 11 | 153 |
| Preliminary notices served | 224 | 139 | 205 | 118 | 686 |
| Legal notices served | 11 | 97 | 25 | 27 | 160 |
| Notices followed by legal proceedings | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Character of Work Done— | |||||
| Houses dealt with under the Housing of the Working Classes Act | 3 | 4 | - | - | 7 |
| Houses cleansed and repaired generally | 68 | 46 | 59 | 36 | 209 |
| Ventilation of houses improved | 4 | 10 | — | — | 14 |
| Overcrowding abated | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Defective roofs repaired | 18 | 34 | 14 | 16 | 82 |
| Houses under-pinned (damp proof course inserted) or damp walls remedied | 6 | 13 | 15 | - | 34 |
| Eaves guttering renewed or repaired | 10 | 32 | 28 | 6 | 76 |
| Water-closets renewed or repaired | 51 | 31 | 67 | 27 | 176 |
| Water-closets provided with water for flushing | 2 | 6 | 82 | 1 | 91 |
| Privies or earth-closets re-constructed, improved or abolished | - | 12 | - | 1 | 13 |
| Privies or earth-closets abolished, and water-closets substituted | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Houses supplied with water from the main | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Water cisterns or tanks cleansed or covered | 8 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 23 |
| Yards of houses paved with impervious material | 29 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 79 |
| Paving of yards repaired | 18 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 66 |
| Floors of sculleries paved or repaired | 16 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 48 |
| Ashpits or dustbins provided | 8 | 17 | 89 | 37 | 151 |
| Cesspools abolished and filled up | 1 | 5 | — | — | 6 |
| Cesspools cleansed | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 48 |
| Houses at which drains were tested | 70 | 76 | 100 | 72 | 318 |
| Houses at which drains were found defective... | 43 | 42 | 62 | 47 | 194 |
| Houses at which drains were re-constructed or new provided | 15 | 15 | 41 | 19 | 90 |
| Houses at which drains were cleansed, ventilated, trapped or repaired | 57 | 55 | 159 | 12 | 283 |