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St Luke 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]

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65
Sanitary Inspectors' Report.
To Dr. Yarrow,
Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,

Table: We herewith hand you the following report of our work in the Public Health Department during the year ending December 31st, 1900, as compared with the previous year:—

We herewith hand you the following report of our work in the Public Health Department during the year ending December 31st, 1900, as compared with the previous year:—

Years
1899.1900.
Premises inspected34883406
Re-inspections, following up work943511276
Houses cleansed and repaired855682
Dust receptacles provided and repaired198183
Yards and areas to houses paved and amended252199
Traps provided to areas and house drains243138
Water receptacles cleansed and covered6771
Water supplies re-instated2020
Drains amended and obstructions removed210220
Premises provided with new pipe drains6491
Rain-water pipes disconnected and repaired121165
Lavatory sink waste pipes disconnected6460
Water closets re-constructed311191
Water supply re-instated to water closets195202
Soil pipes re-instated and ventilated6846
Water closet pans cleansed81136
Overcrowding abated155125
Underground rooms illegally occupied127
Roofs and gutters amended169181
Accumulations of manure removed5377
„ rubbish „2065
Manure receptacles provided42
Damp walls (houses) abated2980
Cesspools abolished33
Cisterns abolished and water supplied direct from main5147
No. of rooms fumigated419249
„ sets of bedding and clothing disinfected283215
„ intimations served14981159
Miscellaneous nuisances consisting of references to Surveyor and Scavenging Department8170
Wells abolished22
No. of statutory notices served440430
„ notice for summons—84
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance and abated1113
Water closets provided with permanent ventilation4034