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 1910 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Houses, or parts of houses, cleansed | 153 |
Dampness in houses, or parts of houses, abated | 78 |
Dilapidated houses, or parts of houses, repaired | 49 |
Overcrowding- Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice | 4 |
„ ,, „ without service of notice | 3 |
Underground rooms- Ceased to be occupied as separate dwellings | 2 |
Entirely ceased to be occupied as dwellings | 60 |
Below floors- | |
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated | 85 |
Roofs- | |
Repaired . | 113 |
Gutterings- | |
Repaired or renewed | 84 |
Rainwater pipes- | |
Repaired or renewed | 135 |
Disconnected from drains | 58 |
„ „ soil pipes | 15 |
Waste pipes- | |
Waste pipe of sinks disconnected from drains | 1 |
,, ,, ,, trapped | 479 |
„ „ „ repaired or renewed | 355 |
,, ,, ,, unstopped | 3 |
,, „ of lavatories disconnected from drains | 1 |
„ ,, „ trapped | 208 |
„ „ „ repaired or renewed | 233 |
„ „ of baths disconnected from drains | 4 |
,, ,, ,, trapped | 151 |
„ „ „ repaired or renewed | 160 |
Water supply- | |
Reinstated | 15 |
Water provided to upper floors of tenement houses | 99 |
Water supplies used for domestic purposes disconnected from cisterns for flushing w.c.'s | 10 |