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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Promises at which defects or nuisances were
discovered 1,442
Dwe11ing-houses surveyed for housinc defects
under Public Health or Housing Acts 408
Defects or ruisan??? Discovered 2,113
Defects or nuisances readied 1,508
Defects or ??? in hand , 213
Defects or ??? out standing 392
Informal notices or served 774
Statutory Notices served 80
Complaints received and investigated 800
SUMMARY OF REMEDIAL WORES AND SANITARY
IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT
DRAINAGE AND SANITARY FITTINGS, Number.
Ho. of houses and premises re-drained 11
No. of drains disconnected from Surface water
sewers and connected to soil sewers 1
Repairs or amendments to existing drains 81
Drains or gullies unstopped and cleansed., 289
Rainwater pipes disconnected from soil drains 1
Sanitary fittings repaired, renewed, provided
or cleansed 534
Water end smoke teats applied 234
Water service pipes, cisterns repaired, renewed
or cleansed 48
W.C. APARTMENTS.
New Apartments provided 4
W.C. Apartments lighted and/or ventilated 9
Ventilated lobbies to W.C. Apartments provided 1
Separate accommodation for sexes provided 1
Alternative means of Sanitary accommodation
provided ... ... 1
STRUCTURAL REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS
Roofs; renewed or repaired 139
Guttering and. rainwater pipes provided,repaired
etc. 94
Damp walls remedied 52
Brick walls repointed, repaired or rendered, 7
Chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt 2
Yards paved or repaired 7
Sites of houses concreted 29
Floors relaid or repaired 117
Windows and/or cills repaired or renewed 59
Doors and thresholds provided or repaired. 11
Staircases and handrails repaired or provided 9
Ranges, stoves and coppers repaired or renewed 44
Miscellaneous 273
CLEANSING,
Rooms, passages, larders etc., cleansed 124
Trade premises cleansed 60
Verminous houses disinfested - Bugs, Fleas
and Lice 21
Houses sprayed on account of Flies, Crickets,
Silver Fish and Cockroaches 18
10.