Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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No. 3 BOROUGH OK HORNSEY.—SANITARY WORK, 1909.
Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings. | Disinfection. | Dust. | Sundry nuisances abated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Name of Sanitary District. | Water Closets. | Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets. | Drains. | Cesspools. | Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers. | Rooms disinfected a Ordinary infectious disease, 6 Phthisis. | Rooms Stripped A 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, Ac., and Stagnant Water. | Foul and other Animals. | Dampness. | Yards repaved or repaired. | Other Nuisanses | ||||||||||
Number of Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles. | Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved. | Examined, Tested, Exposed, Ac. | Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c. | Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, Disconnected. Repaired, Ac. | New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts fixed. | Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired. | Disconnecting-Traps or Chambers Inserted. | Reconstructed. | Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, Ac. | Abolished, A Drain Connected to Sewer. | ||||||||||||||||||||
HORNSEY. | - | 306 | 100% | 307 | 124 | 335 | 86 | 63 | 88 | 92 | — | - | 100% | 192 | 108 | Once from houses, twice from flats each week. | 77 | 6 | 62 | 31 | — | 6 | 65 | 82 | 20 |