London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Sutton and Cheam 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Structural Repairs or Improvements.
Roofs renewed or repaired 177
Guttering and rain water pipes provided,
repaired, etc. 184
Damp walls remedied 256
Brick walls, repointed, repaired or rendered 204
Chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt 36
Yards paved or repaired 39
Approaches to houses paved 25
Floors relaid or repaired 98
Additional lighting or ventilation to rooms 44
Windows and/or cills repaired or renewed 338
Doors and thresholds provided or repaired 115
Larders provided 1
Staircases and handrails repaired or provided 18
Ranges, stoves and coppers repaired or
renewed 101
Miscellaneous. . 569
Cleansing.
Rooms, passages, larders, etc., cleansed 969
Trade premises cleansed 52
Verminous rooms disinfested 252
Ceneral.
Accumulations of refuse removed 108
Nuisances from smoke abated 1
Rat-infested premises cleared 144
Nuisance from animals abated 5
Contraventions of Section 72 abated 5
Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... 743
Infectious Disease, Disinfection, etc.
Rooms disinfected after Notifiable Infectious
Diseases 164
Rooms disinfected after Tuberculosis and
other Diseases 37
Smoke Abatement.
There are few chimneys attached to industrial
premises in this district.
Informal action resulted in the abatement of one
nuisance from smoke.
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