Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]
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Summary of Work done through the
Sanitary Inspector.
1905.
Total
Number
for Year.
Complaints received 80
Nuisances detected without complaint 138
Nuisances abated 218
Notices served 109
Cottages inspected 438
Slaughterhouses inspected 15
Bakehouses inspected 18
Dairies and milk shops inspected 32
Cowsheds inspected 32
Filthy houses cleansed, see Sec. 46 Public
Health Act, 1875 2
Houses disinfected 107
Overcrowding abated 4
Houses placed in habitable repair 3
Houses closed 0
Houses erected or re-built for which Water
Certificates were applied 154
Certificates granted 154
Certificates deferred 0
Wells sunk or improved supplies of water
afforded 5
Wells cleansed or repaired 5
Wells closed 5
Houses connected with sewers (in 3 parishes) 76
Houses connected with water mains (in 12
parishes) 233