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Sutton and Cheam 1947

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

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Premises at which defects or nuisances were discovered. 2242.
Dwelling-houses surveyed for housing defects under
Public Health or Housing Acts 329.
Defects or nuisances discovered 2793.
Defects or nuisances remedied 1679.
Defects or nuisances in hand. 182.
Defects or nuisances outstanding 932.
Informal notices served 966.
Statutory Notices served 156.
Complaints received and investigated 1007.
SUMMARY OF REMEDIAL WORKS AND SANITARY
IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.
DRAINAGE AND SANITARY FITTINGS.
Number of houses and other premises redrained 15.
Number of houses and other premises connected to
soil sewers 2.
Number of houses and other premises connected to
surface water sewers 6.
Repairs or amendments to existing drains 316.
Drains or gullies unstopped and cleansed 348.
Sanitary fittings repaired, renewed, provided or cleansed. 618.
Water, Smoke and Chemical tests applied 290.
Water service pipes, cisterns repaired, renewed or
cleansed.138.
W.C. APARTMENTS.
New Apartments provided 4.
W.C. Apartments lighted and/or ventilated 4.
Ventilated lobbies to W.W. apartments provided 6.
Separate accommodation for sexes provided 1.
Alternative means of Sanitary accommodation provided.
W.C. apartments cleansed 35.
STRUCTURAL REPAIRS 0R IMPROVEMENTS.
Roofs, renewed or repaired 221.
Guttering and rainwater pipes provided, repaired etc. 149.
Damp walls remedied 107.
Brick walls, repointed, repaired or rendered 28.
Chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt 25.
Yards paved or repaired 12.
Sites of houses concreted 6.
Floors relaid or repaired 93.
Windows and/or cills repaired or renewed 254.
Doors and thresholds provided or repaired 45.
Staircases and handrails repaired or provided 8.
Ranges, stoves and coppers repaired or renewed 79.
Miscellaneous 19.
CLEANSING.
Rooms, passages, larders etc. cleansed 264.
Trade premises cleansed 49.
Verminous houses disinfected - Bugs, Fleas and Lice. 67.
Houses sprayed on account of Flies, Crickets, Silver
Fish and Cockroaches.78.
Premises disinfected after various diseases 290.
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