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EXTRACTS PROM EARLIER REPORTS
As this is probably the last Annual Report of the Borough of Maiden
and Coombe to be produced in this form, readers may be interested in some
random excerpts from Annual Reports which have been produced during the last
75 years.
1889 - Water.
"I hope at no distant date the district mil have a constant supply
and at a moderate rate".
"As your district increases the need for a mortuary -will be felt
more and more".
Well.
"On inspecting -where a man resided -who had contracted typhoid,
I found the -water supply -was obtained from a well under the bedroom".
1904- - Overcrowding.
"In one case the overcrowding was abated by the -whole family, 14 in
number, leaving the district".
1906 - Cowsheds,
"One cowshed was occupied which contravened all the regulations of
the Public Health Act".
Milk Samples. (Before the introduction of pasteurisation).
"48.7% were pure.
7.5% were infected with tubercle.
17.9%& were infected with pus germs.
25.5% were infected with bacillus producing epidemic diarrhoea".
1907 - Deaths.
"Total deaths of all ages belonging to the district was 90; 8 were
inmates of Public Institutions; 1 a visitor; 3 died from accidental
death; 1 died from shock following immersion in the Hoggs Mill stream".
Institutions.
"The new Workhouse Buildings, Norbiton Common, house 70 inmates.
The Scattered Homes for Children, Kingston Road, house 85 inmates".
Children.
"The majority of the children appear to be better clothed and nourished
than they were formerly - they seem happy at their work. But still there
remain many children physically and nervously in an impoverished condition.