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

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Sutton and Cheam 1944

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

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Premises at which defects or nuisances were
discovered 998
Dwelling-houses surveyed for housing defects
under Public Health or Housing Acts 207
Defects or nuieiinces discovered 1831
Defects or nuisances remedied 1323
Defects or nuisances in hand 139
Defects or nuisances outstanding 369
Informal notices served 530
Statutory Notices served 44
Complaints received and investigated 486
SUMMARY OP REMEDIAL WORKS AND SANITARY
IMPORTANT CARRIED OUT
DRAINAGE AND SANITARY FITTINGS. Number
No.of houses and premises re-drained 10
Repairs or amendments to existing drains 49
Drains or gullies unstopped arid cleansed 182
Rainwater pipes disconnected from soil drains 6
Sanitary fittings repaired, renewed, provided
or cleansed 397
Water and smoke tests applied 158
W.C. APARTMENTS.
New Apartments provided 2
W.C. Apartments lighted and/or ventilated 1
Ventilated lobbies to W.C. Apartments provided 3
Separate accommodation for sexes provided 1
STRUCTURAL REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS
Roofs, renewed or repaired 90
Guttering and rainwater pipes provided,
repaired etc, 44
Damp walls remedied 41
Brick walls repointed, repaired or rendered. 17
Chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt 2
Yards paved or repaired 7
Sites of houses concreted 9
Floors relaid or repaired 38
Windows and/or cills repaired or renewed 56
Doors and thresholds provided or repaired 16
Staircases and handrails repaired or provided 3
Ranges, stoves and coppers repaired or renewed 17
Miscellaneous 138
CLEANSING.
Rooms, passages, larders etc., cleansed 222
Trade premises cleansed 35
Verminous houses disinfested - Bugs, Pleas,
Lice and Scabies 27
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