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Carshalton 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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A tabulated list of the work done by the Sanitary Inspector will be found on page 7.
2.—New Streets and Buildings.—The Surveyor informs me that 144 plans for new buildings,
including 24 for additions to existing buildings, were submitted for approval under the Bye-laws during
the year. The corresponding number for the ten years 1895 to 1904 were 62, 48, 39, 50, 80, 82, 69,
120, 60, and 102 respectively. Plans for one new street were also submitted.
8.—Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops.—The names of four Cowkeepers and of two Dairymen and
Purveyors were added to the Register during the year. A milk-seller purveying in the district was
warned to register or to cease to purvey, and proceedings were ordered to be taken against him, upon his
failure to comply with the notice.
The Sanitary Inspector made periodical inspections of all the premises, which he found to be keep
in a clean condition, and to comply in all respects with the requirements of the Model Regulations.
The Veterinary Inspector continued his quarterly examinations of the cows belonging to the
registered cowkeepers, and reported that he found all the cows to be healthy and free from signs of
tuberculosis, upon each occasion.
The number of Cowkeepers, etc., on the Register, and of the visits paid daring the year by each of
the Inspectors are as follows:—
Cowkeepers registered during the year 4
Cowkeepers on Register at end of year 8
Dairymen and Purveyors on Register at end of year 2
Visits by Sanitary Inspector 32
Visits by Veterinary Inspector 23
4.-The Slaughter Houses upon the Register are 4 in number, and 9 visits were paid by the
Inspector, who found the premises to comply with the Bye-laws.
5.—Sewers and Sewage Disposal.—A complaint was received from the Croydon Rural District
Council with regard to the condition of the brook into which the effluent from the Outfall Works discharges,
but there was no indication that the effluent had deteriorated. The filtering area, however, was
allowed to rest for three weeks, and the sewage was treated by irrigation in the meantime.
The sewer in Park Lane was completed in April, and all the houses on the line of the sewer were
connected. Sewers were also laid in two new roads.
The Surveyor informs me that the drains of 16 existing premises and of 103 new houses were connected
with the sewers during the year.
6.—House Refuse.—The weekly removal of house-refuse, was continued by the Contractor.
Galvanised ashbins were provided by the owners to 21 houses.
IV.—Factories and Workshops.
A tabulated Report upon the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in the form
given below, is now required by the Home Office.
In the majority of workshops not more than three or four persons are employed, and no defects of
importance were discovered.
Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, is in force in the district. At the
eleven factories, including Skin and Parchment Mills, and Iron Works, in which a considerable number
of work-people are employed, the sanitary accommodation, both as regards sufficiency and separate
conveniences for each sex, has received special attention in previous years, and accommodation has been
provided in each establishment to the extent of one water-closet or earth-closet to about 15 persons. An
inspection was again made in the course of the year.
There is no underground bakehouse in the district. Notification was received from H.M. Inspector
of Factories that he had discovered slight over-crowding in one bakehouse during overtime; notice was
served by the Council upon the occupier, who abated the nuisance and undertook that the legal limit
should not be exceeded in the future.
The addresses of eight outworkers, all of whom lived outside the district, were received from two
firms, and were sent in each case to the Councils of the respective districts in which the workers were
residing.