Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Nuisances.
Showing the number and nature of the nuisances dealt with during the year by notices served under the Public Health Acts:—
Defective and choked drains | 135 |
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To repair damp and dilapidated dwellings | 76 |
To pave yards | 27 |
To provide and repair w.c. flushing cisterns | 18 |
To provide water to w.c. cisterns | 23 |
To repair rainwater guttering and downpipes | 33 |
To remedy insanitary water cisterns for domestic use | 27 |
To repair scullery sink wastes | 65 |
To provide manure receptacles and drainage for stables | 4 |
To cleanse and remedy insanitary urinals | 4 |
To remove foul accumulations | 23 |
To prevent overcrowding | 4 |
Animals, fowls, etc., so kept as to be a nuisance | 13 |
To cleanse dwelling houses | 19 |
461 |
Complaints.
162 complaints were received during the year, as compared with 131 in the previous year. Each complaint was investigated, and the list shows the nature of the nuisances found:—
Defective and choked drains | 54 |
Cesspools overflowing | 7 |
Insanitary urinals | 2 |
Dirty houses | 8 |
Damp and dilapidated premises | 28 |
Re water supply | 5 |
Overcrowding of premises | 7 |
Back yards in bad state of repair | 2 |
House refuse not collected | 19 |
Accumulation of filth, fish offal, etc | 14 |
Animals improperly kept | 8 |
Absence of stable drainage | 2 |
Re caravan dwellers | 2 |
Smoke nuisance | 2 |
Re sanitary conveniences in Factories | 2 |
162 |