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Orsett 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]

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27
Summary of Work done through the
Sanitary Inspector.
1906.
Total
Number
for Year,
Complaints received 41
Nuisances detected without complaint 260
Nuisances abated 301
Notices served 81
Cottages inspected 525
Lodging Houses Inspected 1
Slaughterhouses inspected 15
Bakehouses inspected 19
Dairies and milk shops inspected 26
Cowsheds inspected 37
Filthy houses cleansed, see Sec. 46 Public
Health Act, 1875 —
Houses disinfected 224
Overcrowding abated 1
Houses placed in habitable repair 1
Houses closed —
Houses erected or re-built for which Water
Certificates were applied 133
Certificates granted 132
Certificates deferred 1
Wells sunk or improved supplies of water
afforded 10
Wells cleansed or repaired 5
Wells closed —