[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley UDC].

  • Bromley (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1899]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley UDC]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    16 Annual Report of Sanitary Inspector. Summary of Sanitary Work &c., carried out in the Urban District of Bromley, Kent, during the year ended December 31st, 1898. SANITARY WORK. (Other than that included in House to House Inspection.) Tenement Houses and premises visited 521 House Drains tested 146 Defective Drainage relaid in part 20 „ ,, throughout 59 ,, house drains unstopped and repaired 94 House-refuse receptacles provided 16 Scullery and Bath wastes disconnected from drains 17 New pans and traps provided to closets 49 Water cisterns repaired and cleansed 7 Ventilation shafts repaired, and drains ventilated 56 Water supply to closets reinstated 18 Manure receptacles provided and reconstructed 11 Insanitary premises cleansed throughout 17 Water supply to houses reinstated 8 Houses declared unfit for Human habitation 9 Although trouble was experienced in getting owners to comply with notices served to abate nuisances, mostly due to defective drains, it was not found necessary to resort to legal proceedings in any instance. Six houses in Hookers Place were condemned as unfit for human habitation, owing to their being in a bad state of repair, and sanitary conveniences inadequate; a report was
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