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 Carshalton]
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One thousand three hundred and eighty-six informal notices were served for the following purposes
Toys for rags | 2 |
Information in rentbooks | 243 |
Defective premises | 475 |
Byelaw (Houses let in lodgings) | I |
Rats | 299 |
Vermin | 21 |
Accumulations | 97 |
Drainage obstructions | 112 |
Water courses | 79 |
Miscellaneous | 48 |
House refuse accommodation | 24 |
Drainage defects | 75 |
Connection to sewer | 7 |
Street Traders | 13 |
Smoke nuisances | 6 |
Factory and Workshops | 4 |
1386 |
(Notices of intention to inspect were served with respect to 408
houses.)
Forty-seven formal notices were served under the following
Acts:
Housing Act, 1936—(Section 9) 2
,, ,, ,, —(Section 66) 9
Public Health Acts 1875 (Section 91) 20
„ „ „ „ (Section 41) 12
„ „ „ „ (Section 36) 1
„ „ „ „ 1936 (Section 93) 3
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As a result of the serving of notices, the following works were
executed:—
premises
Brickwork repaired and/or renewed 52
Ceiling plaster repaired and made good 122
cleansed and purified 249
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