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 Richmond]
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house," was brought into operation in two cases with the following
results, viz: in one case pigs are not now kept, and in
the other the pigs were removed over the distance of one hundred
feet from any house.
Clause 11 deals with the provision of a proper and suitably
constructed manure pit where horses are kept. In eight instances
stables were found without a suitable pit and the
occupiers have now complied with the Bye-law.
SUMMARY OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1908.
Number of Visits made 3391
„ Complaints received and attended to 39
„ Statutory Notices served 3
„ Preliminary and Verbal Notices served 668
SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS NIADE.
Inspection of Nuisances in course of abatement 1456
Houses Inspected 1109
Visits to Cases of Infectious Diseases 288
Inspection of Slaughter Houses 31
„ Milk Shops 52
„ Cowsheds 7
„ Bakehouses 66
„ Workshops 37
„ Restaurants and Dining Rooms 19
„ Fried Fish Shops 22
„ Smoke Observations 20
„ Piggeries 12
„ Miscellaneous, Services of Notices,
viewing Owners of Property, Builders, &c. 272
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