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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Nuisance from overcrowding abated | 3 |
| Water supply provided direct from rising main | 15 |
| Service Water Pipe repaired | 3 |
| Service Water Tanks cleansed, covered or removed | 5 |
| Use of Well Water discontinued and/or M.W.B. supply laid on | 1 |
| Stoves and Firegrates repaired or renewed | 102 |
| Fireplace surrounds or hearths repaired | 21 |
| Flues repaired | 2 |
| Coppers repaired or renewed | 20 |
| Illegal use of Basement Room discontinued | 1 |
| Houses repainted externally or internally | 33 |
| Insanitary Houses demolished (Housing Act) | 17 |
| Verminous premises cleansed | 9 |
| Skirting repaired or renewed | 8 |
| Brickwork repaired or repointed | 18 |
| Cupboards cleansed, repaired or renewed | 15 |
| Sheds and outbuildings demolished | 6 |
| Sites of Houses cleansed | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | 37 |
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
During the year, 6 complaints were received in respect
of alleged excessive emission of smoke or grit from
chimneys.
Whilst it is, perhaps, true to say that a serious nuisance
does not exist in this Borough yet we must continue to
take an active interest in the general subject of smoke
abatement. Except when an ordinary furnace is being
freshly lighted up excessive smoke is avoidable. The
number of industrial chimneys in the Borough is comparatively
small but if each chimney were permitted to pour
soot laden smoke into the atmosphere our town would soon
present a very different aspect to what it does at present.
The question of atmospheric pollution is not one which
can be dealt with satisfactorily by each local authority
independently of neighbouring authorities. For this reason