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Sutton and Cheam 1946

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

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Premises at which defects or nuisances were
discovered
2,061
Dwelling-houses surveyed for housing defects
under Public Health or Housing Acts
535
Defects or nuisances discovered
2,911
Defects or nuisances remedied
1,894
Defects or nuisances in band
59
Defects or nuisances outstanding
958
Informal notices served
947
Statutory Notices served
107
Complaints received and investigated
894
SUMMARY OP REMEDIAL WORKS AND SANITARY
IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT
DRAINAGE AND SANITARY FITTINGS Number
Number of houses and premises re-drained 2
Number of drains disconnected from Surface water sewers
and connected to soil sewers 1
Repairs or amendments to existing drains 88
Drains or gullies unstopped and cleansed 277
Sanitary fittings repaired, renewed, provided
or cleansed 869
Water and smoke tests applied 264
Water service pipes, cisterns repaired, renewed or
c1eansed 48
W.C. APARTMENTS
New Apartments provided 3
W.C. Apartments lighted and/or ventilated 19
Ventilated lobbies to W.C. Apartments provided 3
Separate accommodation for sexes provided 1
Alternative means of Sanitary accommodation provided 1
STRUCTURAL REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS
Roofs, renewed or repaired 235
Guttering and rainwater pipes provided, repaired etc. 141
Damp walls remedied 240
Brick walls, repointed, repaired or rendered 10
Chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt 21
Yards paved or repaired 26
Sites of houses concreted 23
Floors relaid or repaired 129
Windows and/or cills repaired or renewed 161
Doors and thresholds provided or repaired 40
Staircases and handrails repaired or provided 10
Ranges, stoves and coppers repaired or renewed 62
Miscellaneous 24
CLEANSING
Rooms, passages, larders etc. cleansed 236
Trade premises cleansed 60
Verminous houses disinfected - Bugs, Fleas and Lice 38
Houses sprayed on account of Flies, Crickets, Silver Fish
and Cockroaches 12
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