Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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Number.
Defects or nuisances discovered 4351
Defects or nuisances remedied 2871
Defects or nuisances in hand 1078
Defects or nuisances outstanding 402
Informal Notices served 966
Statutory Notices served 27
Complaints received and investigated 627
Summary of Remedial Works and Sanitary
Improvements carried out.
Number.
Number of Houses and Premises re-drained 4
Repairs or amendments to existing drains 28
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed 115
Lengths in feet of stoneware drains laid 537
Lengths in feet of iron drains laid 36
Manholes provided, covered or repaired 60
Fresh air inlets provided or repaired 44
New gully and intercepting traps fixed 45
Gully curbs, channels and gratings provided or
repaired 61
New soil pipes and ventilating shafts provided 16
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired 12
Cesspools abolished 2
Rainwater soakaways provided 9
Water and Smoke tests applied to drains 86
New W.C. Basins fixed 45
W.C.'s unstopped, cleansed or repaired 33
W.C. Seats provided or repaired 61
New Flushing Cisterns provided 5
Existing Flushing Cisterns repaired 27
Joints between W.C.'s and flush pipes repaired 4
New W.C. Apartments provided 2
W.C. Apartments lighted and/or ventilated 1
Separate W.C.'s for Sexes provided 1
Sanitary Accommodation in Factories or
Workshops provided 2
Ventilated Lobbies to W.C. Apartments provided
1
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