[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon] page 34

Croydon 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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Table: Summary of Inspectors' Work for the Year 1910.

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Summary of Inspectors' Work for the Year 1910.

		Inspectors.
	White	Payne	Rabbetts	Fitt	Total
Total number of visits paid	2535	2383	3280	741	8939
Number of complaints received and investigated	260	47	87	22	416
Number of premises inspected	583	449	873	122	2027
Number of nuisances discovered	188	171	418	117	894
Nuisances abated without report	162	125	319	110	716
,, ,, after report	25	42	71	3	141
Preliminary notices served	168	153	236	84	641
Legal notices served	20	27	35	6	88
Notices followed by legal proceedings	-	-	-	-	-
Character of Work Done—
Houses dealt with under the Housing of the Working Classes Act	9	8	9	-	26
Houses inspected under the Housing and Town Planning Act	22	38	22	35	117
Houses repaired and cleansed generally	153	63	90	56	362
Ventilation of houses improved	9	5	5	2	21
Overcrowding abated	—	5	16	5	26
Defective roofs repaired	21	31	20	13	85
Houses under-pinned (damp proof course inserted) or damp walls remedied	44	17	42	3	106
Eaves guttering renewed or repaired	24	32	37	28	121
Water-closets renewed or repaired	72	11	55	10	148
Water-closets provided with water for flushing purposes	5	3	53	17	78
Houses where water supply was reinstated	-	-	-	5	5
Privies or earth-closets re-constructed, improved or abolished	-	6	-	-	6
Houses supplied with water from the main	2	3	8	-	13
Water cisterns or tanks cleansed or covered	4	4	23	27	58
Yards of houses paved with impervious material	35	17	33	5	90
Paving of yards repaired	38	22	24	20	104
Floors of sculleries paved or repaired	15	12	35	7	69
Ashpits or dustbins provided	49	24	87	27	187
Additional w.c. provided	1	2	—	—	3
Cesspools abolished or filled up	—	32	1	1	34
Cesspools cleansed	11	308	—	3	322
Houses at which drains were tested	49	46	74	9	178
Houses at which drains were found defective	34	31	39	4	108