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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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Nuisances, Infringements of Acts, Byelaws, Regulations or
Orders, ascertained by the Public Health Inspectors during the
year 1964 and for which action was taken to enforce compliance:
| Insufficient means of ventilation: | |
| Defective ventilators, windows and sashcords | 363 |
| Conditions causing dampness: | |
| Defective roofs | 295 |
| Defective window frames | 261 |
| Defective walls, etc. | 304 |
| Want of efficient damp-proof course | 26 |
| Defective gutters and downspouts | 235 |
| Other structural defects: | |
| Defective plaster | 353 |
| Cleansing and redecorating required | 34 |
| Defective floors and stairs | 248 |
| Insufficient ventilation under floor | 24 |
| Defective brickwork, sills, lintels, chimneys | 186 |
| Defective stoves and fireplaces and flues | 63 |
| Defective drains, sanitary fittings, etc: | |
| Defective sinks and waste pipes | 37 |
| Defective W.C s | 184 |
| Defective drainage | 144 |
| Stoppages in drains | 105 |
| Defective water services and tanks | 6 |
| Domestic nuisances: | |
| Want of cleanliness | 14 |
| Verminous conditions | 10 |
| Other nuisances and Infringements: | |
| Offensive accumulations | 103 |
| Overcrowding | 7 |
| Sundry nuisances or defects | 16 |
| Particulars not inserted in Rent Book (Housing Act) | 36 |
| Public Urinals | 6 |
| Noise | 18 |
| Pood cupboards defective or required | 104 |
| Defective Yard Paving | 95 |
| Want of a sanitary dustbin | 22 |
| Defective sanitary fittings | 7 |
| Nuisances arising from the keeping of animals | – |
| (6) SMOKE ABATEMENT | |
| Nuisances observed | 15 |