London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Orsett 1893

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]

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Summary of Work done by the Sanitary
Inspector.
Complaint:! received 5
Cottages inspected 290
Slaughter-houses inspected 6
Bakehouses inspected 12
Dairies and Milk Shops inspected 31
Cowsheds inspected 06
Workshops inspected 8
Houses disinfected 34
Overcrowding abated 10
Houses placed in habitable repair 20
Houses closed 12
Houses erooted or re-built, for which "Certificates"
were applied for 68
"Certificates" granted 56
Wells sunk or improved supplies of water afforded 12
Wells cleansed or repaired 8
Defective pumps repaired or new pumps erected to
existing wells 9
Leaky taps repaired where drawing from public mains 10
Houses connected with water mains 39
Earth, pail, or improved Privies constructed or existing
Privies altered; Privies and W.C.'s repaired;
W.C.'s supplied with water 53
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, or covered 22
Animals improperly kept removed 4
Samples of water taken for Analysis 19
Compensation paid for destruction of infected bedding £1
Nuisances reported or detected 173
Nuisances abated 173
Notices served 173
Summonses taken out 2
Convictions 2
(Signed), GEORGE WATTS,
Inspector of Nuisances.