Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Plumstead]
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TABLE X.
Summary of Nuisances abated, Notices served, and General Work of the Sanitary Department for 12 months, ended 31st December, 1895:—
Inspections and Results. | Special in both Districts. | Total. | ||
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West | East | |||
PREMISES INSPECTED. | ||||
No. of houses inspected, House to house | 747 | 774 | 1021 | |
„ „ re-inspected after service of notices .. | 1795 | 1941 | 1315 | 5051 |
„ „ houses and premises specially inspected, re infectious diseases and complaints | 1092 | 923 | 1216 | 3231 |
„ „ new buildings re certificates .. | .. | 203 | 203 | |
„ „ where drains have been tested by smoke test | 333 | 197 | 63 | 593 |
NUISANCES ABATED— | ||||
Drains. | ||||
Waste pipes from baths, lavatories, and wash-house sinks, repaired or discon nected from drains | 42 | 56 | 36 | 134 |
Choked and defective drains remedied | 127 | 163 | 132 | 422 |
Defective traps abolished | 43 | 119 | 28 | 190 |
Defective and unventilated soil pipes remedied | 20 | 59 | 14 | 93 |
Stables drained | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
Combined drains taken up and relaid | .. | 33 | 33 | |
No. of houses re-drained by combined drains | .. | •• | 240 | 240 |
W.C.'s | ||||
W.C.'s repaired, new traps or pans provided, fittings repaired | 168 | 214 | 85 | 467 |
Water supply apparatus repaired | 271 | 250 | 199 | 720 |
Premises. | ||||
Interiors cleansed, repaired, and defectivo roofs repaired | 66 | 196 | 53 | 315 |
Damp walls remedied | 48 | 82 | 18 | 148 |
Paving in yards and wash-houses repaired | 175 | 156 | . 36 | 367 |
Through ventilation provided | 19 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
Wash-houses without sinks and outlets for waste water | 13 | 21 | 13 | 47 |
Defective guttering and rain water pipes | 95 | 109 | 27 | 231 |
Dustbins supplied | 707 | 981 | 196 | 1944 |