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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
Teddington 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]
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Sanitary Work done by the Inspector
of Nuisances during 1897.
Complaints Received 48
Total number of Houses Inspected (about) 1300
Letters written 65
Cautionary Notices Given 18
Statutory Orders Issued 8
Houses, Premises, etc. cleansed, repaired, etc. 37
Periodical Inspections of Schools 14
Periodical Inspections of Slaughter Houses 30
Contraventions of Bye-laws 2
Periodical Inspections of Cow Sheds 36
Contraventions of Bye-laws 3
Periodical Inspections of Dairies and Milk
Shops 41
Wells closed as polluted 1
New Cisterns provided 2
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, covered, etc. 44
Water Closets :—
New apparatus provided 7
Repaired, cleansed, etc. 12
Supplied with water, or supply rendered
efficient 52
Ventilated 8
Drains examined, tested, exposed, etc. 1
,, unstopped, repaired, trapped, etc. 123
Waste Pipes, Rain-water Pipes, etc., disconnected
9
Soil Pipes and Drains ventilated 18