[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon].

  • Croydon (London, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    33 Inspectors. White. Rabbets. Payne. Total. Privies or earth-closets re-constructed or im proved 3 - 11 14 Houses supplied with water from main 2 10 11 23 Water-tanks or cisterns cleansed or covered 16 35 2 53 Yards of houses paved with impervious material 34 26 4 64 Paving of yards repaired 10 14 6 30 Floors of sculleries paved or repaired 22 19 — 41 Ashpits or dustbins provided 31 92 190 313 „ „ cleansed and covered 9 13 — 22 Cesspools abolished and filled up 4 1 4 9 „ cleansed — 1 20 21 Houses at which drains were tested 62 32 37 131 „ „ „ found defective 58 15 28 101 Houses at which drains were reconstructed or new provided 48 45 20 113 Houses at which drains were cleansed, venti lated, trapped, or repaired.. 43 82 18 143 Number of drain tests made in course of work done under the two previous headings 107 81 44 232 Houses at which inspection chambers in drains were provided 26 20 16 62 Stables provided with drainage 1 6 4 11 Premises from which animals improperly kept were removed 3 10 - 13 Number of inspections of food exposed for sale 14 45 36 95 Urinals cleansed or repaired 6 2 1 9 Smoke nuisances abated 1 2 — 3 Offensive accumulations removed 10 27 19 56 Paving of piggeries repaired — 13 2 15 Infected houses fumigated and cleansed 49 145 17 211 Visits paid to infected houses 230 814 316 1360 IX.—REGULATED TRADES AND BUSINESSES. (a) Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops. There were 67 premises registered under the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order at the close of the year, as compared with 63 in 1896. They were distributed as follows:— Addington 2 Beddington 6 Coulsdon 13 Merton 10 Mitcham 21 Morden 2 Sanderstead 5 Wallington 8 Woodmansterne 0 Total 67
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