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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| Piggeries | 6 |
| Water tests applied (new drains) | 46 |
| Smoke and chemical tests applied (old drains) | 43 |
| * Drains examined under Sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875 | 5 |
| Small-pox Contacts—Visits | 43 |
| 15,101 |
*Authority was obtained in respect of 14 houses, but in only 5 of these
cases was it necessary for the Council to open the drains.
SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.
| Drainage | |
|---|---|
| Number of houses and premises redrained | 29 |
| Repairs or amendments to existing drains | 209 |
| Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed | 119 |
| Manholes provided | 38 |
| do. repaired | 37 |
| Intercepting traps fixed | 29 |
| New gully traps fixed | 172 |
| New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed | 49 |
| Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired | 55 |
| Fresh-air inlets provided or repaired | 63 |
| Water-Closets and Sanitary Fittings. | |
| New water-closet basins fixed | 230 |
| Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired | 48 |
| New check cisterns fitted to water closets; existing check | |
| cisterns repaired | 104 |
| New sinks provided | 184 |
| New lavatory basins provided | 59 |
| New waste-pipes fixed | 173 |
| Waste-pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped | 329 |
| Miscellaneous. | |
| Roofs repaired | 212 |
| Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired | 121 |
| Rain-water pipes provided, repaired or unstopped | 148 |
| do. disconnected from drains | 29 |
| Damp walls remedied | 132 |
| Damp-proof courses inserted | 75 |
| Paving of yards repaired | 136 |