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St Olave 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Olave]
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SANITARY.
TABLE VI.
Summary of Nuisances and other matters reported on, and work done during the year ending 31st December, 1895.
| Number of Inspections or Re-Inspections made (but not including the numerous subsequent visits to works in progress, testing drains both new and old, &c.) | 1106 |
| Number of Complaints entered in the complaint book | 7 |
| The above-mentioned nuisances were dealt with as follows: | |
| Number of Intimations served | 333 |
| „ Statutory Notices served | 147 |
| „ Reports to Board or Committees | 40 |
| Summons taken out— | |
| For non-compliance with Notices under the Act | 9 |
| „ „ Bye-laws | 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 | 9 |
| Number of House-supplies transferred from cistern to main | 22 |
| Number of cases in which the drinking water and the supply to the w.c. were the same | 11 |
| Cisterns found dirty | 36 |
| Cisterns imperfectly covered | 30 |
| Overflow pipes connected to soil pipes or drains | 2 |
| Defective water fittings | 20 |