[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SIJ.M.MARY OK DKFKA'TS. The following table gives a summary of the various defects encountered in the course of visits paid to all types of premises together witli tho number of defects remedied under each heading:— TABLE II. Dirty Premises ... ... ... ... . Found Remedied 896 1,601 Defective Hoofs, Spoutings and Eaves Gutters 1,233 1,993 Blocked Drains and W.O.’s ... ... . 188 197 Defective Yard and Passage Surfaces .36 74 Defective Sinks and Waste Pipes 130 1.59 Accumulation of Offensive Matter ... 45 47 Defective Plaster of Walls and Ceilings 1,060 1,768 Defective Ashbins 769 1,023 Defective Water Closets 321 393 Insufficient Lighting and Ventilation 456 7.59 Animals kept .so as to be a nuisance ... 6 4 Defective Water Fittings 142 157 Smoke Nuisances 3 6 Insufficient W.C. Accommodation ... 1 13 Dampness 342 620 Insufficient Water Supply 33 49 Insect Pests and Vermin Infestations 2 23 Defective or Insufficient Drainage ... . 90 143 Inadetpiate Food Storage Accommodation ... 1 — Inadequate Coal Storage Accommodation ... 9 3 Defective or Inadequate Washboiler Accommodation 94 169 Defective External Brickwork and Chimneys 606 988 Defective Floors 255 439 Defective Firegrates 163 301 Defective Stairs and Bails 56 82 Defective Rain Water Cisterns 73 73 Defective Woodwork of Windows, Doors, etc. •393 695 AVaste Water Closets ... ... . . . 2 2 Overcrowding 67 78 Dangerous Buildings 72 68 Rats—Surface Infestation 207 213 Rats—Sewer Infestation 708 708 Defi'ctive Privies I — Miscellaneous Defects ... 181 34.3 Total ... 8.620 1.3,191 WATEB SUPPLY. (1) The rpiality and ((uantity of the water supplied to tlie town by the South vStaffordshire Waterworks Company have been well maintained throughout the year. (2) Begular bacteriological and chemical analyses are made of the water, both prior to treatment and going into supply. (3) The water is derived chiefly from deep boreholes through red sandstone and liaving a harclness of 16 to 17 parts per hundred thousand lias no plunibo-solvent action.