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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
City of London 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Port of London]
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TABLE VII.
NUISANCES REPORTED AND DEALT WITH during the year ending 31st December, 1904.
| Description of Nuisance. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke Nuisances:— | |||||||||||||
| Number of complaints received | 12 | 18 | 23 | 30 | 72 | 101 | 50 | 38 | 38 | 23 | 32 | 25 | 462 |
| Number of written intimations* | 11 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 66 | 78 | 39 | 32 | 28 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 365 |
| Number of Statutory Notices served | 11 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 56 | 30 | 1 | 59 | 8 | 13 | 220 | ||
| Number of recurrences reported | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 97 |
| Number of Police Court cases | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |||||
| Dilapidations and Structural Defects:— Ventilation | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 84 |
| Lighting, Heating, &c. | 40 | 55 | 46 | 35 | 36 | 35 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 41 | 41 | 28 | 428 |
| Water supply | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 29 | |
| Drainage | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Total number of defects reported | 46 | 62 | 54 | 50 | 61 | 47 | 36 | 28 | 36 | 57 | 56 | 31 | 564 |
| Total repairs and alterations reported as carried out. | 26 | 55 | 81 | 33 | 19 | 30 | 44 | 66 | 34 | 38 | 66 | 68 | 560 |
| Number of vessels, &c., on which structural alterations were ordered. | 45 | 58 | 50 | 40 | 42 | 40 | 29 | 25 | 31 | 45 | 40 | 27 | 472 |
| Barges (Insanitary Cabins), Foul Bilges, &c:— | |||||||||||||
| Number reported | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 52 |
| Number of written intimations* | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 48 | |
| Number of Statutory Notices served | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 41 | ||||
| Number of recurrences reported | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Offensive Cargoes (Bye-laws):— Number of Infringements reported | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 42 | ||||
| Number of Notices given | 4 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 42 | |||
| Number of Police Court cases | |||||||||||||
| Foul Lighters | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Foul Closets and Urinals | ... | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | ||||
| Accumulations of offensive matter | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 | |
| Miscellaneous Nuisances | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 42 |
| Total number of Nuisances reported | 67 | 93 | 101 | 95 | 154 | 170 | 114 | 77 | 90 | 78 | 94 | 97 | 1,230 |
| Total number of Notices and written intimations given. | 61 | 99 | 92 | 91 | 131 | 184 | 101 | 55 | 63 | 106 | 63 | 95 | 1,141 |
| Total number of Police Court cases | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |||||
*Refers to primary warning only.