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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 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]
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Sanitary Work done by the Inspector
of Nuisances during 1898.
Complaints Received 32
Number of Premises periodically inspected 1425
Houses inspected from House to House 200
Total number of re-inspections after order
or notice 120
Letters written 108
Cautionary Notices Given 16
Statutory Orders Issued 12
Houses, Premises, etc. cleansed and repaired 40
Periodical Inspections of Schools 18
Periodical Inspections of Slaughter Houses 33
Contraventions of Bye-laws 1
Periodical Inspections of Cow Sheds 45
Contraventions of Bye-laws 5
Periodical Inspections of Dairies and Milk
Shops 33
Wells closed as polluted 1
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, covered, etc. 37
Water Closets:—
New apparatus provided 1
Repaired, cleansed, etc. 9
Supplied with water, or supply rendered
efficient 68
Ventilated 10
Drains examined, tested, exposed, etc. 3
,, unstopped, repaired, trapped 133
Waste Pipes, Rain-water Pipes, etc., disconnected
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