[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Grantham Borough.

  • Grantham (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1909
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Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Grantham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE I Miscellaneous inspections 1307 Re-inspections 531 Visits to slaughter-houses 1426 workshops (including bakehouses) 260 ,r dairies, cowsheds and milk shops 41 <f fish, fruit and vegetable markets .. 73 ,, cattle market 45 ,, infected houses 137 ,, schools 9 „ offensive trade premises 10 Total 3839 Number of slaughter-houses on register .. - • 32 ,, workshops on ditto . 135 fT. dairies, cowsheds, and milk shops on ditto 41 ,, com m on lodgin g houses on ditto .. - • 5 Number of preliminary notices served ., • • 303 ,, statutory notices served .. • • 28 rooms disinfected .. 66 drains tested • • 49 samples of water taken for analysis . - 1 TABLE II. Sanitary Improvements Carried Out Drains cleansed 53 ,, repaired ' 48 ,, relaid 42 Water closets cleansed 77 ,, ,, repaired or rebuilt 56 ,, u provided with flush- ing apparatus and water 21 Additional water closets pro- vided 12 Privies converted into water closets 1 Sink waste pipes disconnected.. 15 Soil pipes renewed or repaired.. 10 Roofs repaired 18 Spouting renewed or repaired . 35 Yards paved 32 Rain-water cisterns cleansed 6 Additional ashbins provided. .. 19 Manure receptacles repaired . , 2 Urinals repaired or renewed . . 4 Overcrowding abated ... 4 [ Houses cleansed .. .. 14 | Fowls removed from premises .. 22 Pigs •< .i - 5 ! Offensive accumulations re- moved .. ., 34 Workshops cleansed or repaired 5 Drains removed from bake- houses -. .. 1 Water closet accommodation provided for workshops.. 3 Workshop water closets insuffi- cient, unsuitable, or de- fective, remedied Total 548