Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The following is a tabulated statement of the sanitary work,
etc., carried out during the year, so far as that work admits of
tabulation:—
General Conditions— | |
---|---|
Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 171 |
Dampness in houses or parts of houses abated | 45 |
Dilapidated houses or parts of houses repaired | 27 |
Overcrowding— | |
Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice | 6 |
„ „ „ without service of notice | 3 |
Underground rooms— | |
Permanently closed | 3 |
Ceased to be occupied separately | 4 |
Altered to comply with the Public Health Act | 37 |
In process of alteration at end of year | 10 |
Below floors— | |
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated | 31 |
Roofs — | |
Repaired | 112 |
Gutterings— | |
Repaired or renewed | 82 |
Rainwater pipes— | |
Repaired or renewed | 147 |
Disconnected from drains | 104 |
„ „ soil pipes | 22 |
Waste pipes - | |
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains | 22 |
„ trapped | 246 |
„ „ „ repaired or renewed | 171 |
„ unstopped | 9 |
„ „ lavatories disconnected from drains | 4 |
„ „ „ trapped | 206 |
„ „ „ repaired or renewed | 81 |
„ „ „ unstopped | 1 |
,, ,, baths disconnected from drains | 3 |
„ „ „ trapped | 123 |
„ „ „ repaired or renewed | 50 |
„ „ „ unstopped | 12 |