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 Sutton]
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THE SANITARY INSPECTOR'S REPORT,
For the Year ending December 31st, 1919.
Number of complaints received in writing 154
Number of premises inspected under Sec. 92
of the Public Health Act, 1875 255
Number of Nuisances discovered 332
Number of Nuisances remedied without being
reported 8
Number of Nuisances reported to the Sanitary
Authority 324
Number of Nuisances remedied after report 316
Number of Preliminary Notices served by the
Inspector for the abatement of Nuisances 181
Number of Notices for the abatement of
Nuisances served by order of the Sanitary
Authority 24
Particulars of Work done by Owners or Occupiers
for the Abatement of Nuisances in Compliance
with Notices.
Number of privies, cesspools, ditches, pools,
water-courses, urinals, ashpits, and drains
cleansed, and number of deposits removed 46
Number of new privies or water closets
provided —
Number of premises at which the drains were
reconstructed, ventilated, trapped, or disconnected
from the house-pipes 6
Number of houses at which the water closets
were provided with water under Sec. 36 of
the Public Health Act, 1875 —
Number of premises from which animals,
improperly kept, were removed —
Number of houses which were provided with
efficient ventilation 32
Number of houses at which injurious overcrowding
was abated —
Legal proceedings taken under Sec. 96 for
abatement of nuisances (number of times) —