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New Malden,
20th January, 1904.
Rashell Davison, Esq., m.d.,
Medical Officer of Health,
Maidens and Coombe Urban District Council.
Dear Sir,
I have pleasure in submitting to you a Report
showing the inspections of premises made within this
District by my predecessor, Mr. T. B. Simmons, and
myself, the nuisances found, and the means taken for
abating same during the year ending 31st December,
1903.
SUMMARY.
Inspections made 297
Notices served 103
Houses disinfected 77
Complaints received 14
Cesspools abolished 13
Drainage of
houses recon
structed and
connected
with sewer.
COOMBE.
The drainage of five houses on Kingston Hill, viz:—
''Ladder Stile," "Burches Lodge," "Coombe Lodge,"
"Fairlight," and "Coombe Bank," were found to be
defective, being drained by means of cesspools. The
drainage of these premises was reconstructed and connected
with the main sewer, and the cesspools were done
away with.
Choked
drains-
One notice was served to unstop and cleanse
choked drains at "Fairlight," Kingston Hill.
House in filthy
condition and
injurious to
health.
Notice was served with respect to a house in Kingston
Vale requiring the owner to cleanse the walls, ceilings
and floors, as they were in a filthy condition, and to pave
the yard at rear of house with concrete.
W.C. cisterns
without
sufficient
water supply.
The W.C. cistern to Bugler's Cottages, Kingston
Hill, was found to be without adequate water supply.
The cistern was repaired and now provides a good flush
to the W.C. pan.