[Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough.
- Loughborough (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1905
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1905] / Medical Officer of Health, Loughborough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ANNUAL REPORT of the Sanitary Inspector for the Year ending 31 st December, 1905. Gentlemen, I have the honour of submitting to you my Annual Report of work done and nuisances abated during the year 1905. During the year 118 notices have been issued, upon which there have been specified and carried out by the various owners of property the following:— House drains repaired .. ... ... 36 Yard surfaces repaired . ... ... . 9 Roofs, eaves, gutters, and down spouts repaired ... . 2 Midden privies repaired .. ... ... ... 5 ., ,, converted to pails ... .. 17 ,, „ converted to water closets .. ... 6 Pail closets new provided . ... ... ... 5 Closet pails renewed ... ... ... .. 24 „ ,. converted to water closets .. ... ... 0 Water closets repaired ... ... ... .. 3 Refuse receptacles provided ... .. ... 24 Animals kept filthy removed .. .. .. ... 0 Dwelling houses cleansed and lime washed ... .. 13 Overcrowding abated ... .. . ... 13 Privy ashpits converted to dry ashpits ... ... ... 8 Other insanitary conditions abated ... ... ... 9 Houses reported to Unhealthy Dwellings Committee .. ... 0 Houses supplied with town water ... ... ... 6 Offensive deposits, manure, &c., removed ... ... 2 Cisterns cleansed... ... .. ... ... 1 The following is a list of inspections and visits made to premises during the year :— Dwelling-houses inspected ... ... ... ... 583 Re-inspection of dwelling houses ... ... .. 477 Miscellaneous reports .. ... ... 447 Visits paid to infected dwelling houses ... ... ... 432 Rooms fumigated after infectious disease... .. ... 264 Rooms sprayed with Formalin ... ... ... 56 Lots of bedding and clothing stoved ... ... 25 Rooms washed and stripped ... ... ... ... 0 Visits to common lodging houses ... ... 42 Complaints received ... ... ... ... 44 Slaughter-houses, visits and inspections ... ... .. 215 Communications received re Dust removal ... ... 247 Dairies, cowsheds and milk shops inspected ... ... 96 Samples of water submitted for analysis ... .. .. 8 FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. No. of Workshops on register ... ... ... 147 No. of Home workers on list ... ... .. ... 256 No. of Nuisances abated in Workshops ... ... ... None No. of Visits and inspections of Workshops ... ... 250 No. of Nuisances abated in Bakehouses ... ... ... None The workshops and bakehouses when inspected have been found in a cleanly condition. [10]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29743059_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
