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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Statutory Notices were served as under:
Housing Act 1936 Sections 9 and 10 . (as amended by the Housing Act 1949) | 46 | |||
Public Health Act 1936, Section | 24 | 70 | ||
" | " | " | 39 | 7 |
" | " | " | 45 | 5 |
" | " | " | 48 | 3 |
" | " | " | 75 | 17 |
" | " | " | 83 | 1 |
" | " | " | 84 | 1 |
Total | 150 |
Summary of Remedial Works and Sanitary Improvements Carried out
Drainage and Sanitary Fittings.
Number of houses and other premises redrained | 9 | ||
Repairs and amendments to existing drains | 112 | ||
Drains or gillies unstopped or cleansed (Involving 902 pranlses) | 318 | ||
Sanitary fittings repaired/renewed/provided or cleansed | 639 | ||
Water service plpes/clsterns/repalred, renewed or cleansed | 15 | ||
Water, smoke and chemical tests applied | 289 | ||
W.C. Apartments: | |||
W. C. Appartments provided | 25 | ||
" | lighted and/or ventilated | 12 | |
" | provided with ventilated lobbies | 3 | |
" | cleansed | 33 | |
Separate W.C. accommodation provided for the sexes | 2 | ||
Structural Repairs or Improvements carried out: | |||
Number of roofs repaired or renewed | 222 | ||
" | guttering and rainwater pipes provided repaired, etc | 145 | |
" | damp walls remedied | 121 | |
" | brick, walls repointed, repaired or re-rendered | 74 | |
" | chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt | 29 | |
" | yards paved or repaired | 19 | |
" | sites of houses concreted | 13 | |
" | floors relald or repaired | 83 | |
" | windows/sills/sashcords repaired or renewed | 275 | |
" | doors/thresholds provided or repaired | 51 | |
" | staircases/handrails provided or repaired | 9 | |
" | ranges/stoves/coppers renewed or repaired | 44 | |
" | Miscellaneous Items | 11 | |
Cleansing: | |||
Number or rooms/passages/larders cleansed and/or repaired | 279 | ||
" | trade premises cleansed | 42 | |
" | verminous houses disinfested for bugs/fleas | 33 | |
" | premises sprayed for cockroaches/crickets/ wood beetles, etc, | 42 | |
" | premises disinfected after various diseases | 216 |