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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hornsey 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| Name of Sanitary District. | Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings. | Disinfection. | Dust. | Sundry nuisanoes abated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Closets. | Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets. | Drains. | Cesspools. | Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers. | Rooms disinfected a Ordinary infectious diseases, b Phthisis. | Rooms Stripped & Cleansed. | Articles disinfected or destroyed, a Ordinary infectious disease, b Phthisis. | New bins provided. | How frequently is dust removed from each house ? | Number of complaints of non-removal received. | Method of Disposal a Destructor, b by Tipping, c Other state method. | Overcrowding. | Smoke. | Accumulations of refuse. | Foul Ditches, Ponds, &c., and Stagnant Water. | Foul Pigs and other Animals. | Dampness. | Yards repaved or repaired. | Other Nuisances. | |||||||||
| Number of Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles. | Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved. | Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c. | Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c. | Waste Pipes, RainWater Pipes, Disconnected. Repaired, Ac. | New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts fixed. | Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired. | Disconnecting-TrapB or Chambers Inserted. | Reconstructed. | Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, &c. | Abolished, & Drain Connected to Sewer. | ||||||||||||||||||
| HORNSEY. | 0 | 273 | 100 | 325 | 127 | 223 | 103 | 56 | 93 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 253 | 124 | Once from houses, twice from flats each week. | 50 | 4 | 25 | 60 | 3 | 14 | 75 | 105 | 25 | |||