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Sutton and Cheam 1953

[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)35
Public Health Act 1936, Section 2419
„ „ „ 421
„ „ „ 452
„ „ „752
Total59

SUMMARY OF REMEDIAL WORKS AND SANITARY
IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT
Drainage and Sanitary Fittings
Number of houses and other premises redrained 7
Number of houses and other premises connected to soli and
surface water sewers 2
Repairs and amendments to existing drains 70
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed (Involving 953 premises) 318
Sanitary fittings repaired/renewed/provided or cleansed 354
Water service pipes/eistems/repaired, renewed or cleansed 5
Water, smoke and chemical tests applied 228
W. C. Apartments:
W. C. Apartments provided 17
" lighted and/or ventilated 13
" provided with ventilated lobbies 3
cleansed 29
Separate W. C, accommodation provided for the sexes 4
Structural Repairs or improvements Carried outs
Number of roofs repaired or renewed 143
" guttering and rainwater pipes provided repaired, etc 61
" damp walls remedied 69
" brick walls repointed, repaired or re-rendered 32
" chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt 11
" yards paved or repaired 17
" sites of houses concreted 1
" floors relaid or repaired 52
" windows/cills/sashcords repaired or renewed 190
" doors/thresholds provided or repaired 29
" staircases/handrails provided or repaired 11
" ranges/stoves/coppers renewed or repaired 50
" Miscellaneous Items 7
Cleansing
Number of rooms/passages/larders cleansed and/or repaired 198
" trade premises cleansed 44
" verminous premises disinfested for bugs/fleas 21
" premises sprayed for cockroaches/crickets/wood beetles
etc. 27
" premises disinfected after various diseases 188
" Canteens sprayed for files and ants 8
Various;
Number of offal bins provided
" dustbins provided 34
" accumulations of refuse and manure removed 25
" offensive ponds and ditches cleared 1
" wasp nests destroyed 53
" miscellaneous Items 55
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