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 Kingston-upon-Thames]
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Showing the work done by the Sanitary Inspector.
Abstract of Notices for the Year, 1893.
Choked and defective drains 103
Defective closets and syphons 26
Defective soil pipes and ventilators 18
Defective yard, sink and bath waste traps 23
Defective water apparatus to closets 61
To provide separate cisterns for flushing closets 22
Foul drinking water cisterns 61
To lay on water supply to houses 8
To cleanse and lime wash houses 109
To cleanse and disinfect houses and cellars 32
To cleanse and lime wash closets and yards 15
To cleanse urinals adjoining public thoroughfares 8
To abolish urinals „ „ 2
To screen urinals „ „ 6
Dilapidated house roofs, floors and yards 17
Dilapidated and damp bedroom walls 40
Dilapidated manure and dust places 12
Accumulations of manure, offal &c. 60
Pig keeping (a nuisance) 10
Fowl keeping (a nuisance) 36
Undrained stables and yards 7
Overcrowding of houses 2
Samples of well water procured for analysis 27
Canal Boats Acts, &c.
Canal Boats and Barges inspected 25
Offences in Contravention of Canal Boats Acts 2
Notification of Infectious Diseases Acts.
Notices served to Householders 410
Notices served to Attendance Officer 410
Notices served, to Schools 410
Disinfecting houses after Infectious Diseases 380
The Slaughter Houses, Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops
have been visited at various times and found in a satisfactory
condition
FRED. J. PEARCE, Assoc. San. Inst.,
Sanitary and Buildings Inspector.
January, 1894.