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 Malden and Coombe]
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Stables
drained and
connected to
sewer.
Three notices were served to drain undrained stables
and connect same with the sewer, viz., Stable in the Fire
Station Yard; Bell's Stable in Buzwell's Yard, Grafton
Road; and the stable at the rear of Argyle Cottage,
Acacia Grove.
Yards and
passages
drained and
paved.
Notice was served to pave and drain the yard and the
passage leading to same from the Maiden Road, at a
Dairy in Market Place.
Gullies
defective and
replaced by
new ones.
New stoneware gullies, to replace defective ones,
were provided at the following premises; Burden's
Cottages, Kingston Road; 6, Avenue Road; 1 to 7,
Maskell's Cottages, Kingston Road; 1 to 4, The Flats,
Gloucester Road; 1, Devonshire Villas, Lime Grove;
and 4, St. John's Road.
Difective
W.C.pansand
traps.
New W.C. pans and traps (L.C.C. straight back
pattern) have been provided at the following houses to
replace defective long hopper pans and traps, viz., 1, 2,
3, and 4, Oak Cottages, Kingston Road; 2, California
Road; Prince of Wales P.H.; 6, 7 and 8, Avenue Road;
1 to 7, Maskell's Cottages; 3, The Flats, Gloucester
Road; 1, 2 and 4, Bailey's Cottages, St. John's Road;
and 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10 and n, St. John's Road.
W.C. cisterns
repaired and
provided with
adequate
water supply.
The cisterns to the W.C.'s at the following houses
were found to be defective and were repaired, and now
provide an adequate supply of water for flushing
purposes, viz., 1 to 7, Maskell's Cottages; 3, Burden's
Cottages, Kingston Road; Prince of Wales P.H.; 6,
Dickerage Lane; 3 and 4, The Flats, Gloucester Road;
Three houses in Kingston Road; 2 and 4, Bailey's
Cottages, St. John's Road; 2, 5, and 8, St. John's Road.
Overcrowding
Two cases of overcrowding occured in Wellington
Road, and were abated; in the one case by the subtenants
leaving, and in the other case by the whole
family, 14 in number, leaving the district. I am pleased
to state, after making many inspections of suspected
;ases, this district is free from houses in an overcrowded
condition.
House to house inspections are being made of the
smaller houses inhabited principally by the working
classes, at the Norbiton Common end of New Maiden,
also in Queen's Road, George Road, and Albert Road.
Sanitary Dustbins provided 28
Defective gutters repaired 5
Ditches cleansed 2