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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
Kingston upon Thames 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Doors re-hung or repaired | 1 |
| Cisterns repaired, cleansed, covered or removed | 19 |
| Door and window sills renewed or repaired | 34 |
| Staircases lighted and ventilated | 2 |
| Stairs repaired or renewed | 4 |
| New scullery apartments | 9 |
| Portable ashbins provided | 851 |
| Brick ashpits abolished | 2 |
| Accumulations of manure and refuse removed | 21 |
| Nuisance from overcrowding abated | 13 |
| Nuisance from animals abated | 10 |
| Water supplied direct from main | 20 |
| Wells abolished and M.W.B. water laid on | 9 |
| Premises limewashed (Workshops, food preparing rooms, etc) | 16 |
| Rag and bone yards cleansed, etc. | 4 |
| Fire grates repaired or renewed | 25 |
| Stables abolished | 1 |
| Sheds Removed | 10 |
| Defective coppers repaired | 27 |
| New coppers provided | 9 |
| Walls repaired, repointed or rebuilt | 39 |
| Handrails, provided to staircases, or repaired | 20 |
| Manure or offal receptacles provided or repaired | 13 |
| Nuisance from smoke abated | 3 |
| New porches constructed | 9 |
| Chimney stacks rebuilt or repaired | 7 |
| Unsuitable work premises discontinued | 4 |
| Basement discontinued as separate dwelling | 2 |
| Closing Orders made | 3 |
| House demolished | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 39 |
Smoke Abatement.
An increase in the number of complaints in respect of
alleged nuisance from smoke occurred during 1925, the
number being 8 compared with 1 during 1924. As a result,
more frequent observations were made and in several
instances excessive amounts of smoke were recorded. In
all cases, consultations with the owners and subsequent
interviews with the stokers, together with a change of fuel,
proved successful, and emissions of smoke were reduced to
reasonable proportions.