London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Erith 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Result of above Inspections.
Nuisances detected 540
Preliminary notices served to abate nuisances 257
Statutory notices served to abate nuisances 56
Nuisances abated 461
Notices issued in respect of vans, tents and sheds 21
Notices complied with 21
Notices issued under the Dairies, Cowsheds and
Milkshops Order 1
Notices complied with 1
Notices issued under the Factory & Workshops
Act 6
Notices complied with 6
Notices issued under Section 36 P.H. Act 1875 1
Notices complied with 1
Number of prosecutions nil
Nuisances.
Showing the number and nature of the nuisances
dealt with during the year:—
Defective and choked drains 243
Damp and dilapidated dwellings 102
Defective rainwater guttering and downpipes 67
Insanitary water cisterns 21
Defective scullery sinks 29
Defective flush to w.c.'s 32
Insanitary urinals 3
Foul accumulations 18
Dirty premises 12
Overcrowding 1
Animals, &c., so kept as to be a nuisance 12
540
Cleansing.
Number of cesspools emptied 417
Number of loads of house refuse removed 6321