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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
Brentford 1894
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]
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| Remaining under treatment December 31st,1893 | 39 | ||
| Discharged cured | 74 | ||
| Died | 1 | ||
| Remaining under treatment December | 31st, | 1894 | 2 |
Infectious Diseases (Notification) Act—Under this Act I have received 94
certificates made up as follows :
Scarlet Fever 45
Typhoid „ 5
Erysipelas 32
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 11
Puerperal Fever 1
I have visited the various schools during the year and in 2 cases I have found
children in the peeling stage of Scarlet Fever.
I cannot close my remarks on this subject without thanking the Head Masters
and Mistresses of the various schools for the very efficient help they have rendered
me in keeping close watch over their scholars for any symptons of infectious disease.
Mr Robinson, Sanitary Inspector, has supplied the following particulars—
Summary of Nuisances, dealt with during the Year 1894.
TABLE No. 1
| Number of houses and premises inspected (including 237 house to house inspections) | 731 | |
| ,, visits to the Courts and Alleys within the district (inspected at least once a week) | 1740 | |
| ,, special complaints received or attended to | 151 | |
| ,, nuisances discovered | 686 | |
| ,, ,, outstanding December 31 st, 1893 | 15 | |
| 701 | ||
| ,, ,, abated | 682 | |
| „ ,, outstanding December 31st, 1894 | 19 | |
| ,, preliminary notices issued | 317 | |
| ,, formal notices issued | 32 | |
| 349 | ||
| ,, reinspections made (about) | 900 | |
| ,, summonses taken out | 4 | |
TABLE No. 2.
| Number of defective and choked drains | 212 |
| ,, ,, w.c. cisterns (no water to closets) | 138 |
| ,, ,, w.c. connections | 71 |
| ,, ,, roofs, gutters and downspouts | 49 |
| ,, drinking water cisterns connected to w.c.'s | 2 |
| „„„ removed to other position | 2 |
| „„„ provided with covers | 20 |
| ,, new w.c. cisterns fixed (not previously in existence) | 4 |
| ,, dustbins provided or repaired | 50 |
| ,, accumulations of offensive matter, &c., removed | 40 |
| ,, nuisances from keeping of animals, poultry, &c. | 4 |