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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]
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| „ „ abated | 988 |
| „ „ outstanding December 31st, 1898 | 20 |
| „ preliminary notices issued | 165 |
| „ statutory „ „ | 213 |
| „ letters written | 278 |
| „ summonses taken out | 5 |
| „ convictions or orders obtained | 5 |
All the summonses taken out were for the non-compliance with the nuisance
notices served.
TABLE II.
| Accumulation of offensive matter, etc. | 32 |
| Animals, etc. kept so as to be a nuisance | 7 |
| Cisterns in houses cleansed, repaired, covered, etc. | . 63 |
| Overflow pipes disconnected from drains | 2 |
| Drains, examined, tested, etc. .. | 30 |
| „ unstopped, trapped, repaired, etc. | 121 |
| „ disconnecting traps provided | 3 |
| „ reconstructed | 4 |
| Dust bins, new, provided | 73 |
| „ repaired, etc. | 17 |
| Dampness, roofs repaired | 78 |
| „ gutters and downspouts repaired, etc. | 63 |
| „ yard, etc. repaired | 4 |
| Houses supplied with water | 1 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 198 |
| „ ovecrowded | 8 |
| „ closed, unfit for human habitation | 5 |
| Water closets, new, provided | 8 |
| „ repaired | 69 |
| „ new apparatus provided | 4 |
| ., supplied with water | 211 |
| Unsound food, seizure of fish | 2 |
| „ meat | 2 |
| „ tomatoes | 2 |
| grapes | 1 |
The Common Lodging Houses.—The whole of the Common Lodging Houses
within the District have been regularly visited by day, and night inspections have
been made. The periodical cleansing and limewashing of the premises has been
attended to, and during the inspections the houses generally were found to be kept
in a fairly clean and satisfactory condition.
Number of houses on Register 7
„ lodgers registered for 92
„ visits by day 84, by night 6 90
Dairies, Milkshops, &c,—
Number of premises registered January 1st, 1898 25
„ applications to register 1
„ inspections made frequent
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