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

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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

Orsett 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]

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Table: Summary of Work done through the Sanitary Inspector.

Summary of Work done through the Sanitary Inspector.

Total Number for Year.
Complaints received72
Nuisances detected without complaint160
Nuisances abated232
Notices served101
Cottages inspected712
Slaughter-houses inspected9
Bakehouses inspected21
Dairies and Milk Shops inspected22
Cowsheds inspected27
Filthy houses cleansed, sec. 46 Public Health Act, 18754
Houses disinfected398
Overcrowding abated2
Houses placed in habitable repair6
Houses erected or re-built for which Water " Certificates " were applied115
" Certificates " granted105
"Certificates " deferred20
Wells sunk or improved supplies of Water afforded4
Wells cleansed or repaired7
Wells closed2
Houses connected with sewers317
Houses connected with water mains138
Earth, pail, or improved Privies constructed or existing Privies altered45
Privies and W.C.'s repaired64
W.C.'s supplied with water138
Cisterns cleansed, repaired or covered13
Animals improperly kept, removed3
Samples of water taken for Analysis23
Compensation paid for destruction of infected bedding £139 6s. 9d.

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(Signed) JOHN HURST, C.S.I.
Inspector of Nuisances, O.R.D.C.