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Brentford and Chiswick 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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BOROUGH OF BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK
HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSFECTION DURING THE YEAR 1939
| STREET OR ROAD | Number of Inspections. | Houses let in two Tenements. | Houses let in three Tenements. | Houses let in four Tenements. , | Number of Inhabitants | Number of Living Rooms. | Number of Sleeping Rooms. | Average Number of | NUISANCES AND SANITARY DEFECTS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defective Drains. | Defective Connections. | Choked Drains. | Defective Soil Pipes and Drain Ventilators. | Defective Fresh Air Inlets. | Absence of,and Broken Manhole Covers, etc. | Absence of and Leaky and Defective Sinks. | Defective Water-Closets. | Water Supply to W.C.s. | Leaky Roofs. | Defective Eaves Guttering. | Defective Waste,Rainwater Pipes, etc. | Dampness in Walls,Floors, | Insufficient Ashpits. | Defective Paving of Yards, Outhouses, etc, | Improper Situation of, or Construction of Drinking Water Cisterns. | Premises requiring Repairing and Cleanslneg | Overcrowding. | Nuisances from Keeping Animals, ect. | Accsingulations of stagnant Water | Accuma Lations of off enslve Matter Manual, ect. | Other Defeecits | ||||||||||||
| Adults | Children | TOTAL | Persons Per House,including Children.. | Living and Sleeping Rooms per House. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EASTERN DISTRICT: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alkerden Road | 22 | 15 | 1 | - | 107 | 19 | 126 | 66 | 71 | 5.7 | 6.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Coomba Road | 28 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 168 | 51 | 219 | 87 | 104 | 7.8 | 6.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | - | 3 | 16 | 1 | 4 | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | 45 |
| Duke Road (Part of) | 72 | 26 | - | - | 294 | 40 | 334 | 215 | 219 | 4.6 | 6.0 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 7 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 36 | - | - | 1 | - | 46 |
| Ma nor Gardens | 5 | - | - | - | 12 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3.2 | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| TOTALS | 127 | _ 56 | 7 | 1 | 581 | 114 | 695 | 378 | 404 | 5.5 | 6.2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 251 | 3 | 9 | 59 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 79 | - | - | 1 | - | 104 |
| CENTRAL DISTRICT: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Belmont Grove | 42 | 11 | - | - | 174 | 31 | 205 | 129 | 117 | 4.9 | 5.9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 31 | - | - | - | - | 47 |
| Mills Cottages | 5 | - | - | - | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3.0 | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Mills Row | 20 | - | - | - | 58 | 13 | 731 | 20 | 40 | 3.6 | 3.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | 36 |
| TOTALS | 67 | 11 | - | - | 245 | 46 | 291 | 154 | 167 | 4.3 | 4.8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 2 | - | 50 | - | - | - | 91 | |
| WESTERN DISTRICT: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Braemar Road | 54 | - | - | - | 165 | 12 | 177 | 109 | 135 | 3.3 | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 19 | - | - | 2 | - | 18 |
| Green Dragon Lane | 45 | - | - | - | 140 | 11 | 151 | 92 | 102 | 3.4 | 4.3 | - | - | 3 | • | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | - | 26 | - | - | 1 | - | 30 |
| TOTALS | 99 | - | - | - | 305 | 23 | 3,2c | 201 | 237 | 3.3 | 4.4 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 45 | - | - | 3 | - | 48 | |
| GRAND TOTALS | 293 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 1131 | 183 | 1314 | 733 | 808 | 4.5 | 5.3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 15 | 14 | 21 | 62 | 12 | 18 | 96 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 174 | - | - | 4 | - | 243 |
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