[Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Epsom R.D.C.

  • Epsom (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1903
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Credit: [Report 1903] / Medical Officer of Health, Epsom R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE SANITARY INSPECTORS’ REPORT For the Year ending December 31st, 1903. Mr. Wooldridge. Mr. Pratley. Number of Complaints received in writing ... 49 5 Number of Premises inspected under Sec. 92 of the Public Health Act, 1875 414 459 Number of Re-inspections 520 791 Number of Nuisances discovered 260 382 ,, remedied without being reported 198 313 >> ,, reported to the Sanitary Authority ... 62 69 y> ,, remedied after report ... 52 67 Number of Preliminary Notices served by the Inspector 116 171 Number of Notices served by order of the Sanitary Authority 36 15 Number of times Smoke Test applied to old drains ... 20 24 Number of Smoke Observations taken — 7 Particulars of Work done for the Abatement of Nuisances, by Owners or Occupiers, in compliance with Notices. Number of privies, pails, cesspools, etc., cleansed or abolished, and deposits removed 116 Number of old privies and pail closets re-constructed as water closets ... ... 67 Number of privies re-constructed with small water-tight vaults or with pails ... — Number of Premises at which the drains were re-constructed, ventilated, trapped, and connected with the sewers... ... ... ... ... ... ... 159 Number of Premises from which animals, improperly kept, were removed ... — Number of Houses which were provided with efficient ventilation ... ... ... — Number of Houses at which injurious overcrowding was abated ... ... ... 2 Legal Proceedings taken, under Sec. 96, for abatement of nuisances (no. of times) 1 Houses closed by the Justices as unfit for human habitation, under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890... ... ... ... ... ... ... — Number of foul, damp, unwholesome Houses which were repaired and cleansed ... 71 ,, ,, ,, ,, which were closed after notice ... — Number of foul Houses cleansed and whitewashed, after notice, under Sec. 46 of the Public Health Act, 1875 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 342 207 18 482 5 80 34 Seizures of unwholesome meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, corn, bread, flour, or milk, under Sec. 116 of the Public Health Act, 1875 ... ... ... — Water Supply :— Number of Samples of Water sent to the Medical Officer of Health for Analysis... — Number of Wells permanently closed as unfit for drinking purposes ... ... 1 Water Supply provided by owners of property, after notice ... ... ... ... — 17 12 22 W. T. WOOLDRIDGE, ] FRANK A. PRATLEY, I Santtary Inspectors.