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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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No. 4. BOROUGH OF HORNSEY.—SANITARY WORK, 1911.
| Water Supply and Water Service. | Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings. | Disinfection. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wells. | Percentage of Houses Supplied j from Public Water Service. | Cisterns. | Draw-Taps placed on Mains. | Percentage of Houses supplied on Constant System. | Number of Samples obtained for analysis. | Water Closets. | Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets. | Drains. | Reconstructed. | Cesspools. | Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers. | Rooms Disinfected. | Rooms Stripped and Cleansed. | Articles Disinfected or Destroyed. | |||||||||||||
| New Sunk. | Cleansed, Repaired, Ac. | Closed as Polluted. | New Provided. | Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c. | Number of Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles. | Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved. | Examined, Tested, Exposed, Ac. | Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, Ac. | 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. | Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, Ac. | Abolished, and Drain connected to Sewer. | |||||||||||||
| From Local Wells. | From Public Supply. | Ordinary Infectious Diseases. | Phthisis. | Ordinary Infectious Diseases. | Phthisis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | - | - | 100% | 5 | 92 | 11 | 100% | - | 36 | - | 243 | 100% | 332 | 151 | 241 | 100 | 34 | 87 | 61 | - | - | 100% | 436 | 38 | 208 | 12,669 | 310 |