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Willesden 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden, UDC]

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The Regulations were contravened in 12 instances,
as follows:—
1 Boat not registered.
3 Boats without Certificates.
7 ,, required general repairs, painting, writing,
and marking.
1 Boat, extra bulkhead defective.
Notices were served to amend the irregularities,
and vouchers have been received from Local Inspectors
certifying the execution of the work.
The Government Inspector inspected vouchors
in connection with the previous year's work in
September last, and expressed satisfaction with the
result.
SPECIAL COMPLAINTS, 1898.
No.
Insanitary condition of houses 83
Defective water closet apparatus 41
Inefficient flushing to closets 53
Offensive odours 85
Defective drains 37
Animals kept a nuisance 32
Offensive accumulations and deposits 45
Choked drains 31
Smoke nuisances 6
Polluted ditches 9
Damp walls 16
Dirty cisterns 35
Ballast burning 24
Water in cellars 18