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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Carshalton 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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Table: Eighty-nine formal notices were served under the following Acts :—

Eighty-nine formal notices were served under the following Acts :—

Section 93, Public Health Act, 193662
Section 9, Housing Act, 193611
Section 56, Public Health Act, 19367
Section 66, Housing Act, 1936 ..5
Houses Let in Lodgings Bye-Laws2
Section 75, Public Health Act, 1936 ..2
89

Table: As a result of the serving of the notices, the following works were executed :—

As a result of the serving of the notices, the following works were executed :—

Brickwork repaired and/or renewed21
Ceiling plaster repaired and made good105
Ceiling cleansed and purified157
Ceiling, new provided3
Chimney pots repaired or renewed3
Ch imney stacks repaired or renewed19
Chimney flues repaired7
Copper repaired and/or renewed9
Cement fillets renewed11
Cement plinths renewed..3
Cement plinths provided5
Cesspools emptied3
Cesspools repaired—
Cesspools abolished12
Damp conditions remedied105
Damp course renewed and/or repaired3
Damp course provided2
Doors repaired (including locks and fasteners)32
Door sills repaired, renewed or provided10
Door frames repaired or renewed6
Door stopping to reveals renewed4
Drainage repaired or reconstructed(429 ft.)21
Drainage provided42
Drainage inspection chamber repaired or renewed7
Drainage inspection chamber provided89
Drainage inspection chamber cover renewed8
Drainage inspection chamber cover provided89
Drainage stoppers refixed or renewed7
Drainage stoppers provided15
Drainage interceptors renewed2
Drainage interceptors provided27
Drainage F.A.I, repaired or renewed7
Drainage F.A.I, provided31
Drainage M.F.V. renewed8