Medical Officer's report 1904 / the Maldens and Coombe Urban District Council.

  • Malden and Coombe (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1905]
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Credit: Medical Officer's report 1904 / the Maldens and Coombe Urban District Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Notice was served to cut off the the overflow dram, and to empty the cesspools. This has been done. These cesspools had not been emptied previous to this for a period of eight years. In the case of Lockington,” 1 am pleased to be able to report that they have just commenced the work of relaying the drains, and connecting them to the main sewer. This will thus do away with one cesspool. Cesspools have been abolished at the following premises “ Fairlawn,” Kingston Hill, Norbiton Park Farm, ii, Derby Villas, and Coombe Lane Lower Farm. DISINFECTION. Forty houses have been either wholly or partially fumigated as was required, V/here cases of infectious disease occurred. NEW BUILDINGS. During the year 97 houses have been passed as fit for habitation, by me, and are occupied. Nineteen have been passed as fit for habitation, but are not yet occupied. Forty-three houses have been finished but have not yet been passed as fit for habitation ; and there are thirty-eight at present in course of erection. SEWER ELUSHERS. Good work has been done during the year by the men appointed to flush the sewers and drains. This has been especially noticeable in the large number of combined drains on private premises within this District, which have been regularly flushed, and so kept clean and sweet. Had they not been so periodically flushed they must have become foul and choked, as in a great many instances (especially combined drains at the rear of cottage property), the amount of liquid discharged from the houses connected with such combined drains is not sufficient to properly carry away all the solid matters in such drains, and in some cases it is owing to the combined drains having insufficient fall. I am. Sir, Yours faithfully, ALFRED W. HOBBS, Sanitary and Bnilding Inspector.