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 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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General Conditions— | |
Houses, or parts of houses, cleansed | 2.31 |
Dampness in houses, or parts of houses, abated | 121 |
Dilapidated houses, or parts of houses, repaired | 41 |
Overcrowding— | |
Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice | 12 |
,, ,, ,, without sendee of notice | 4 |
Underground rooms — | |
Entirely ceased to be occupied as dwellings. . | 11 |
Illegal occupation discontinued | 12 |
Structural works carried out | 80 |
Below floors— | |
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors | |
ventilated | 73 |
Roofs— | |
Repaired | 118 |
Gutterings— | |
Repaired or renewed | 82 |
Rainwater pipes— | |
Repaired or renewed | 127 |
Disconnected from drains | 41 |
„ „ soil pipes | 7 |
Waste pipes — | |
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains | |
„ trapped | 433 |
„ „ ,, repaired or renewed | 355 |
„ unstopped | 3 |
,, „ of lavatories trapped | 173 |
,, „ ,, repaired or renewed | 238 |
„ „ „ unstopped | 6 |
,, ,, of baths disconnected from drains | 2 |
„ trapped | 140 |
„ „ ,, repaired or renewed | 190 |
Water supply— | |
Reinstated | 7 |
Water and sinks provided to upper floors of tenement houses | 105 |