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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| Water tests applied (new drains) | 63 |
| Smoke and chemical tests applied (old drains) | 40 |
| Drains examined under Sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875 | 25 |
| Small-pox Contacts—Visits | 291 |
| 15,526 |
SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.
Drainage.
| Number of houses and premises redrained | 40 |
| Repairs or amendments to existing drains | 155 |
| Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed | 98 |
| Manholes provided | 53 |
| do. repaired | 36 |
| Intercepting traps fixed | 18 |
| New gully traps fixed | 144 |
| New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed | 47 |
| Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired | 54 |
| Fresh-air inlets provided or repaired | 73 |
| Water-Closets and Sanitary Fittings. | |
| New water-closet basins fixed | 202 |
| Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired | 47 |
| New check cisterns fitted to water-closets; existing check | |
| cisterns repaired | 96 |
| New sinks provided | 160 |
| New lavatory basins provided | 42 |
| New waste-pipes fixed | 109 |
| Waste-pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped | 200 |
| Miscellaneous. | |
| Roofs repaired | 265 |
| Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired | 173 |
| Rain-water pipes provided, repaired or unstopped | |
| do. disconnected from drains | 7 |
| Damp walls remedied | 290 |
| Damp-proof courses inserted | 128 |