[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough.

  • Loughborough (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ SUMMARY OF WORK CARRIED OUT. New drains laid Drains taken out • unstopped and cleansed - 11 ventilated and disconnected Inspection chambers built - New gullies provided «- waste pipes cf sinks disconnected Sink waste pipes renewed or repaired Sink waste channels repaired - New sink stones provided Bath and washbasins disconnected Drains tested by smoke, water or colour test Water closets repaired New water closets provided - Pail closets converted to water carriage system Pail closets provided - Yard surface repaired or paved- Rain water conductors repaired -or fixed Soft water cisterns cleansed - Windows and cords repaired - Floors repaired or concreted - Dirty houses cleansed - ” cellars n Water or sewage removed from cellars Roofs stripped and repaired Ventilators repaired - Damp walls remedied Damp courses provided - Damp courses repaired - • Plaster ceilings repaired - Plaster walls repaired General internal and external defects remedied Ashpits dispensed with • - 7 9 64 3 8 12 4 54 32 6 7 126 41 14 29 4 34 40 1 38 19 11 2 5 60 21 23 2 6 18 15 126 1 CLOSET ACCOMMODATION, . , . Total number in district at end of 1941 - 1. Privies - 48 2, Pails - 198 , 3« W.C’s - 11810 “ SANITARY INSPECTION. Total number of inspections - - 16952 defects or nuisances discovered (excluding smoke nuisances) - 3618 ]' M complaints received - 187. notices served - (a) Formal -jg (b) , Informal ... - '*■; 293 defects remedied after serving of‘-notices' 3519 The above inspections include tho.se under the following headings;— • Housing inspection under Housing Act, 19364 Inspection of drains. Factories &■ Bakehouses. Inspection of Dairies,Cowsheds, Milkshops, Tents, Vans and Sheds, Slaughterhouses, Offensive Trades, treatment of premises for vermin. Markets, Meatstalls and Foodstores,~ other than where meat is kept, and inspections under the Shops Act,
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