[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port.
- Rochester (Kent, England). City and Port Authority.
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Houses under Individual Demolition or Closing Orders:- 2 and 4a, Barton Road, Strood. 1 and 2, Factory Cottages, Wickham, Strood, 3, Cazeneuve Street, Rochester. 43, John Street, Rochester. Total - 6 houses Houses Voluntarily Demolished:- 113, 115 and 117, High Street, Strood. SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS Repairs and improvements to the total of 944 were affected under the Inspectors’ direction and supervision throughout the year. The details of the various repairs etc., carried out are given in the following list;- various repairs, Premises (existing) connected to foul water sewer Drainage entirely reconstructed Drainage partly reconstructed or transferred from storm water to foul water sewer ... ... Defective drains repaired ... ... Defective inspection chambers and covers ... Drains unstopped and cleansed ... New ventilated soil pipes fixed.]! !]] ]]' New ventshafts fixed ... ] ] ] Insufficient W. C, accommodation.,. ... Wo Co’s provided with pans and traps ... ]]] Artificial lighting provided in W.C.’s Urinals constructed and improved ... Sanitary accommodation provided with ventilated approach] Flushing apparatus^and water supply provided to W,C,’s W.Co fittings repaired and cleansed ... ... ... New sinks fixed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]]] New lavatory basins and baths fixed ..] ]]] ]]] ]]] ] Trapped wastepipes fixed ... ... ... ... ... .]] ] Cesspools abolished ... ... ... ... ... ... ]]] Water tests applied ... ... ... ... .]] ]]] ]]] ] Smoke tests applied ... ... 10 2 4 235 2 5 1 10 1 2 1 6 27 9 3 8 8 58 25 11) - 6: MISCELLANEOUS No. of houses demolished' (Clearance Areas - 53; Housing Act, 1936 (Sec. Voluntarily demolished - 3) ... ... ... No of houses closed (Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953, Section 10)... ... .. Parts of buildings closed (Housing Act, 1936, Section 12) (undertaking)! NOo of Closing Orders determined ... ... Dangerous walls reconstructed and underpinned ... ]]] ]]” Roofs repaired ... ... ... Defective brickwork and pointing of brickwork repaired ... Guttering or downpipes provided or repaired ... ... ... Damp walls remedied ... ... Yard paving repaved or repaired (repaved - 2) (repaired - 9) °' Concrete floors provided to cellars ... ... Defective floors repaired ... ... ... ... .,. ^ ] Defective wall and ceiling plaster repaired ... ... Dirty walls cleansed ... ... ... Dirty ceilings cleansed ... ... ... ... .,. ] ]! Pood premises provided with constant hot water supply 62 8 4 0 1 21 17 23 49 11 1 7 64 25 22 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30039071_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
