[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C.
- Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![lo Annual Report of Sanitary Inspector. Council Offices, Bognor. January, 1926. To the Chairman and Members of the Bognor Urban District Council. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you my Third Annual Report, this being for the year 1925. Complaints. The total number of complaints received during the year was 88 and had reference to the following matters :— Defective or insuflficient drainage ... ... ... 21 Defective or insufficient closet accommodation ... G Animals kept in such a state as to be a nuisance ... 12 Overcrowding ... ... ... ... ... 4 Dirty or defective dwellings ... ... ... 11 Defects at factories and workshops ... ... ... 2 Accumulations of manure and other refuse ... ... 7 Defective or insufficient ashbin accommodation ... 7 Rat-infested premises ... ... ... ... 10 Sheds used as dwellings ... ... ... ... 1 Nuisance from .smoke ... ... ... ... 1 Damjmess ... ... ... ... ... 3 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... 3 Record of Defects. The total number of premises upon which insanitary conditions have been discovered is 191, and the number of improvements necessary to remedy the defects upon these premises is approximately as follows :— Repairs to houses ... ... ... ... ... 106 Homses clean,sed ... ... ... ... ... 9 Houses ])rovided with better ventilation ... ... 5 Overcrowding to be abated ... ... ... 5 Spouting repaired or disconnected ... ... ... 10 Closets repaired or reconstructed ... ... ... 18 Closets cleansed and limewashed ... ... ... 7 Additional drains ])rovided ... ... ... 8 Drainage systems relaid ... ... ... ... 11 Drainage systems partially relaid or I'epaired ... 29 Drains opened and clean,sed ... ... ... 25 Oulley traps ])rovided ... ... ... ... 22 Intercepting traps provided ... ... ... 13 Inspections chambers jirovided ... ... ... 22 Defective traps abolished ... ... ... 8 Soil or ventilating pipes repaired or renewed ... 22 Soil pipes ventilated ... ... ... ... 4 Additional ventilation provided to drains ... ... 4 Urinals put in order ... ... ... ... 3 Sink waste pipes repaired or affixed ... ... 9 Sanitary sinks provided ... ... ... ... 7 Yaids paved ... ... ... ... ... 4 Yards repaired ... ... ... ... ... 5 Yards cleansed ... ... ... ... ... 6 Houses cleansed by tenants ... ... ... 3 Xui.sances from keejung of fowl and other animals abated 7 Nuisances from keeping of swine abated ... ... 2 Accumulations of manure and other refuse removed ... 28 iManure receptacles i)rovided ... ... ... 3 Ashbins ])rovided ... ... ... ... ... 12 Wells clo.sed ... ... ... ... ... 1 Toun water laid on ... ... ... ... 3 Sanitary accommodation i)rovided at fairs, etc. ... 2 U.se of .sheds for human habitation discontinued ... 2 In connection with tlie.se defects, notices tvere issued as follows :— Statutory Notices ... ... ... 21 Certificates under Rent Restriction Acts ... 2 In all other cases the necessar}^ work has been carried out as the result of informal action.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28937053_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
