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Kingston upon Thames 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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New ceilings 6
Windows repaired, renewed or made to open 128
Doors re-hung or repaired 8
Cisterns repaired, cleansed, covered or removed 24
Door and window sills renewed or repaired 37
Stairs repaired or renewed 3
Portable ashbins provided 378
Accumulations of manure and refuse removed 18
Nuisance from overcrowding abated 14
Nuisance from animals abated 3
Water supplied direct from main 30
Water supply reinstated 9
Wells abolished and M.W.B. water laid on 2
Premises limewashed (Workshops, food preparing
rooms, etc.) 9
Fire grates repaired or renewed 26
Sheds removed 4
Defective coppers repaired 23
Walls repaired, repointed or rebuilt 30
Handrails, provided to staircases, or repaired 26
Manure or offal receptacles provided or repaired 13
Nuisance from smoke abated 2
Closing Orders made 1
House demolished 1
Miscellaneous 22
Common Lodging Houses.
Verminous bedding cleansed 2
Common room cleansed 1
Schools.
Wash-house cleansed 1
Urinal Flush repaired 1
W.C. Pan cleansed 1
Glazed Slab Urinals provided 2
New Basin provided 1
Sanitary Apartment cleansed 1
Ashpit abolished 1
Ashbins provided 2
Smoke Abatement.
A decrease in the number of complaints in respect of
alleged nuisance from smoke occurred during 1926, the