Sanitary Report for the Year 1897 / Willesden U.D.C.

  • Willesden (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Sanitary Report for the Year 1897 / Willesden U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE No. 4. DISINFECTION Rooms fumigated by Council's employees Rooms stripped and cleansed . Cost of articles disinfected or de- £ stroyed . .183 Cost of disinfecting rooms . 158 s. d. ) 0 0 0 0 ) 723 105 £ s. d. 341 0 0 DUST :— Dust-bins repaired New bins provided . Moveable receptacles substituted for fixed 61 25 74 Periodical frequency of dust removal House to house weeklv. Li Number of complaints of non-removal received . 126 DAMPNESS Roofs repaired, &c. . . . . 62 Guttering and rain-pipes repaired, &c. . . 58 Gardens, areas, &c., levelled and drained . . \ Yards paved and drained . . . > 125 Surface adjoining houses paved . . ' Dry areas provided .... 7 Ventilation below floors provided . . 9 SUNDRY NUISANCES ABATED Overcrowding . . . .34 Smoke . . . . . • 7 Accumulation of refuse . . . 86 Foul ditches, ponds, Ac., and stagnant water . 17 ,, pigs and other animals . . . 21 I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, D. S. SKINNER, Medical Officer of Health. Willksden, 1898.