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

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Orsett 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]

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16
Summary of Work done through the
Sanitary Inspector.
Total
Number
for Year.
Complaints received 6
Cottages inspected 419
Bakehouses inspected 17
Dairies and Milk Shops inspected 17
Cowsheds inspected 27
Filthy houses cleansed, see. 46 Public Health
Act, 1875 3
Houses disinfected 14
Overcrowding abated 18
Houses placed in habitable repair 38
Houses closed 23
Houses erected or rebuilt, for which "Certificates"
were applied for 50
" Certificates granted " 50
Wells sunk or improved supplies of water afforded 3
Wells cleansed or repaired 4
Wells closed 2
Defective pumps repaired or new pumps erected to
existing wells 4
Houses connected with water mains 34
Earth, pail, or improved Privies constructed or
existing Privies altered 36
Privies and W.C.'s repaired; W.C.'s supplied
with water 34
Cisterns cleansed, repaired, or covered 12
Animals improperly kept removed 4
Samples of water taken for Analysis 30
Nuisances reported or detected 270
Nuisances abated 260
Notices served 250
Summonses taken out 1
Gonvictions 1
(Signed), GEORGE WATTS,
Inspovtor of Nuisance