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Kingston upon Thames 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Seek power to declare the trade as offensive. There are
still several fish-shops in the Borough where furnaces and
pans of old design are in use. In these cases objectionable
odours pour from the shops and pervade the immediate
neighbourhood.
Complaints.
One hundred and seventy-six complaints were received during the year as follows:—
| Drains and Sanitary Arrangements | 37 |
| Overcrowding | 11 |
| Insanitary Condition of Premises | 49 |
| Absence of Ashbin | 7 |
| Water Supply | 10 |
| Accumulation of Manure and Non-collection of House Refuse | 11 |
| Dampness | 8 |
| Keeping of Animals and Fowls | 7 |
| Smoke Nuisance from Chimneys | 8 |
| Defective Stoves | 3 |
| Defective Roof | 4 |
| R'ag and Bone Yards | 4 |
| Smells from Ashbins in Street | 1 |
| Odours from Trade Waste | 4 |
| Stagnant Water | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 11 |
| 176 |
The complaints were investigated promptly, and where
the Corporation possessed powers to interfere immediate
steps were taken to remove the cause of the complaint.
The number of complaints during 1924 was 151.
Housing,
The following statistics are set out in accordance with
the requirements of the Ministry of Health:—
Number of new houses erected during the year—
(a) Total (including numbers given separately
under (b) 155
(b) With State assistance under the Housing
Acts.
(1) By the Local Authority 70
(2) By other bodies or persons nil