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Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health 1892.
REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.
IN THE SANITARY DEPATMENT,continued.
Mr. JOSEPH A. ANSCOMBE, Inspector.
Number
of Cases.
Interior of Houses cleansed, repaired and put into proper order
143
,, ,,partly,, ,, ,,
169
Apartments disinfected and cleansed after contagious cases
110
Clothes, Bedding and Wearing Apparel (in lots) disinfected at the Apparatus
91
Exterior of Houses repaired, &c.
66
Boundary Walls and Forecourts limewashed, &c.
213
Roofs repaired, &c.
52
Rain Water Pipes, Gutters, &c., repaired & new, & disconnected from Drains
88
Closets supplied with Water and New Apparatus, &c.
69
,, New Structures
49
,, repaired, cleansed and unstopped
139
Water closets Ventilated and New Soil Pipes
250
Pavings (new and old) to yards repaired
133
Traps to yard drains repaired and new supplied
137
Sink Pipes and Traps disconnected from drains
279
Drains, new to houses
23
„ amended
51
„ cleansed, unstopped and repaired
69
Dust Bins, new, supplied to houses
119
„ old repaired „
65
Water Cisterns cleaned out and repaired
250
„ „ new supplied
50
Water Service Pipes repaired
50
Water supplies to houses
22
Cases of Overcrowding or Indecent Occupation abated
26
Animals improperly kept
29
Bemoval of offensive matter
39
Bakehouses inspected
29
Miscellaneous Cases
62
Slaughterers' Houses inspected
6
Cowsheds inspected
2
Horse Slaughterers' inspected
1
Occupation of Underground Booms as discontinued
15
Houses and Premises closed as unfit for human habitation .
47
Smoke Abatement (Public Health (London) Act, 1891
10
Summonses issued during the year, Abatement of nuisance, &c.
65
Water laid on to Houses and from Main
125
Ventilation to floors and Houses—and damp corners
63
Abatement of keeping Swine
3
Water certificates for new Houses
15
Total
3,224
N.B.—During the year, the following Article were seized as being unfit
for food and were destroyed, viz.:-3 Boxes of Tomatoes, 5 Lots of Organes,
quantity of Fish (various) on Stall Boards, Fruit, Greens and Cabbage.
J. A. ANSCOMBE, Inspector,
March 25th, 1893.