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St Olave 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Olave]
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SANITARY.
TABLE III.
Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported on, and work done during the year ending 31st December, 1897.
| Number of Inspections made | 847 |
| Re-Inspections or visits to works in progress, testing new drains, &c. | 1998 |
| Number of Complaints entered in the complaint book | 10 |
| The above-mentioned nuisances were dealt with as follows: | |
| Number of Intimations served | 542 |
| „ Statutory Notices served under Public Health Act | 175 |
| „ „ „ „ Metropolis Management Act | 4 |
| „ Notices served requiring provision of dust-bins | 4 |
| ,, „ requiring the removal of obnoxious matter, under Section 35 Public Health Act | 21 |
| ,, Reports to Board or Committees | 66 |
| Summonses taken out under Metropolis Management Act | 2 |
| For non-compliance with Notices under the Public Health Act | 6 |
| „ „ Bye-laws | 6 |
| Erecting water closets without windows, contrary to Bye-Laws | 4 |
| Permitting new Buildings to be occupied without certificate as to water supplies | 6 |
| The prosecutions were in each case upheld, and the fines and costs paid. | |
| Sanitary defects found and dealt with: | |
| WATER SUPPLY— | |
| Number of Houses found without water | 5 |
| Number of cases in which the drinking water and the supply to the w.c. were the same | 15 |
| Cisterns found dirty | 38 |
| Cisterns imperfectly covered | 21 |
| Overflow pipes connected to soil pipes or drains | 4 |
| Defective water fittings | 32 |