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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Richmond upon Thames 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: The work entailed in visiting the homes of patients and the subsequent disinfection of the premises has considerably increased as shown by the particulars in the following table:-

The work entailed in visiting the homes of patients and the subsequent disinfection of the premises has considerably increased as shown by the particulars in the following table:-

Cause.Visits made.Rooms disinfected.No. of Houses.Bedding &c. removed.
1913.1912.1913.1912.1913.1912.1913.1912.
Zymotic3721592001001397410898
disease Tuber-15076616048401420
culosis Other36102514187144
diseases Vermin1626136131831
Totals574271299235208139139123

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Stable Premises.
Two hundred and three visits were made to stable premises
during the year, as compared with 71 visits for the previous
year. Nineteen notices were served for the cleansing and limewashing
of stables, &c., 13 notices, to remove offensive accumulations
of manure, 5 notices to provide suitable manure
receptacles, and 6 notices to repair dilapidated stable buildings
and amend the defective paving and drainage. All notices
were complied with.
As a rule, manure is removed from the stables in the
Borough once a week, and in some instances twice a week.
The frequent removal of stable manure and offensive
accumulations of filth is an important factor in preventing the
spread of disease, as flies have their breeding places in all kinds
of accumulations of filth and breed in such refuse with great
rapidity.
Factory and Workshops Act, 1901.
The number of workshops and work places on the register
at the end of the year was 176, an increase of three over the
previous year.
The provisions of the Act, which the Local Authority has
to administer relate chiefly to the following matters:—
(1) (a) Cleanliness.
(b) Air space.