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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Water tests applied (new drains) | 32 |
Smoke and chemical tests applied (old drains) | 49 |
Drains examined under Sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875 | 0 |
Small-pox Contacts—Visits | 41 |
14,530 |
SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.
Drainage. | |
Number of houses and premises redrained | 24 |
Repairs or amendments to existing drains | 120 |
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed | 61 |
Manholes provided | 50 |
do. repaired | 40 |
Intercepting traps fixed | 24 |
New gully traps fixed | 134 |
New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed | 49 |
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired | 35 |
Fresh-air inlets provided or repaired | 50 |
Water-Closets and Sanitary Fittings. | |
New water-closet basins fixed | 113 |
Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired | 92 |
New check cisterns fitted to water-closets; existing check cisterns repaired | 95 |
New sinks provided | 161 |
New waste-pipes fixed | 93 |
Waste-pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped | 187 |
Miscellaneous. | |
Roofs repaired | 282 |
Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired | 206 |
Rain-water pipes provided, repaired or unstopped | 158 |
do. disconnected from drains | 2 |
Damp walls remedied | 173 |
Damp-proof courses inserted | 65 |