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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 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]

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Table: Summary of Work done through the Sanitary Inspector,1904.

Summary of Work done through the Sanitary Inspector,

1904.

Total Number for Year.
Complaints received55
Nuisances detected without complaint215
Nuisances abated270
Notices served168
Cottages inspected433
Slaughter-houses inspected15
Bakehouses inspected20
Dairies and Milk Shops inspected24
Cowsheds inspected25
Filthy Houses cleansed, see Sec. 46 Public Health Act, 18752
Houses disinfected69
Overcrowding abated1
Houses placed in habitable repair3
Houses closed1
Houses erected or re-built for which Water " Certificates " were applied149
"Certificates " granted149
"Certificates " deferred1
Wells sunk or improved supplies of Water afforded2
Wells cleansed or repaired ...2
Wells closed1
Houses connected with sewers (in 3 Parishes) ...106
Houses connected with water mains (in 12 Parishes)291
Barth, pail, or improved Privies constructed or existing Privies altered18
Privies and W.C.'s repaired and W.C.'s supplied with water70
Cisterns cleansed, repaired or covered12
Animals improperly kept, removed4
Samples of Water for Analysis6
Compensation paid for destruction of infected bedding £8 10s. 6d.

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