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Croydon 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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(7) INFRINGEMENTS OF COMMON LODGING HOUSE
BYELAWS —
(8) INFRINGEMENTS OF HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS
BYELAWS—
Additional ventilation required 1
Defective w.c. accommodation 2
Additional cooking and sink accommodation 4
Want of food storage accommodation 2
,, artificial lighting to common staircase 2
Cleansing required 12
Defective windows and sashcords 8
Provision of dustbins 6
Verminous conditions 2
Want of domestic cleanliness 1
(9) INFRINGEMENTS OF OFFENSIVE TRADE BYELAWS—
Fishfrying premises—
Limewashing required 1
Other premises—
Sorting of rags in passage 1
Dirty or defective w.c. accommodation 2
Cleansing and whitewashing required 13
Want of intervening ventilated space 1
Dirty or defective yard paving 1
Defective floors 2
(10) INSPECTION OF AMUSEMENT HOUSES—
Defective sanitary fittings 2
W.c. defective 8
W.c. required cleansing 5
Notices to be fixed to door of lavatories 2
Dirtv walls and ceiling in dressing room 1
Ventilation required in dressing room 1
(11) KEEPING OF ANIMALS—
Nuisances in connection with the keeping of pigs 4
Nuisances arising from the keeping of other animals 13
(12) INSPECTION OF WATERCOURSES, etc.—
Cleansing of watercourses and ponds —
(13) INFRINGEMENTS OF PHARMACY & POISONS, &c., ACT—
Article not labelled in accordance with the Act
(14) INFRINGEMENTS OF FERTILISERS & FEEDING
STUFFS ACT, Sec. 1 (1) (11) —
(15) INFRINGEMENTS OF RATS & MICE DESTRUCTION
ACT—
Infestation of rats on premises where food is prepared or
sold 11
Accumulations of refuse, etc., harbouring rats 87
Defective drainage 16
Structural defects allowing ingress of rats in welling
houses 28
Dilapidated sheds, etc., harbouring rats 14
Rats in business premises 12