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 St. Saviour's]
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CHRISTCHURCH PARISH.
Paviors' Work—
3,425 yards super, new Carriage-way, 4x9.
3,460 „ ,, Concrete.
1,246 ,, „ Carriage-way relaid and grouted.
134 „ cube Ballast, Blackfriars Bridge.
650 feet sua block Channel reset.
1,037 yards super, new wood Carriage-way, 4x9x5.
804 ., cube old Macadam removed.
Masons' Work—
9,000 feet super, old York relaid.
3,000 ,, ., 3 new York.
1,100 ,, run of Kerb redressed and reset.
Sanitary Works—
15 applications for House Drainage, under which
2l houses and premises have been drained.
100 feet of Sewer cleared and repaired.
4 new Gullies, and many cleared to Sewer.
The foot and carriage-way pavements have been made good
after removals and alterations of gas and water pipes, in 897
cases.
24 Licences to put up scaffolds and hoardings have been issued,
and the paving, &c. relaid and made good.
Many of the Brick Sewers and the whole of the Pipe Sewers
have been several times flushed by water direct from the river,
or by the water-carts.
The whole of the Macadamized Roads and Streets have been
repaired with old materials from stone-yard and other places.
THOS GREENSTREET, Surveyor.
Christchurch. | St. Saviour. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
Houses inspected | 120 | 300 | 420 |
Notices issued | 83 | 91 | 174 |
Summonses before Magistrate | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Dustbins provided | 6 | 5 | 11 |
Drains cleansed and drained | 32 | 47 | 79 |
into Sewer | |||
Drains and Privies trapped | 33 | 62 | 95 |
and cleansed | |||
Yards repaved | 39 | 77 | 116 |
Dirty Houses cleansed | 39 | 77 | 116 |
Water-butts cleansed | 12 | 16 | 28 |
Urinals cleansed | 9 | 4 | 13 |
Roofs repaired | 13 | 50 | 63 |
Dung-heaps removed | 8 | 7 | 15 |
Dust complaints attended to | 635 | 860 | 1,495 |
Slaughter-houses inspected | 10 | 19 | 29 |
Cow-houses inspected | 2 | 20 | 22 |
Bakehouses inspected | 11 | 11 | 22 |