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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
Acton 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Waste Pipes: sinks, baths ami lavatories trapped with lead traps | 34 | 21 | 55 |
| „ new, provided | — | 13 | 13 |
| Rain Water Pipes disconnected from drain | 28 | 48 | 76 |
| „ repaired | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| „ provided | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Eaves guttering provided | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| ,, repaired | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| Gully Traps replaced with stoneware gullies | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| „ removed from improper situation | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| „ unstopped | — | 31 | 31 |
| „ provided | — | 10 | 10 |
| „ grids provided to | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| „ cement work around, repaired | 3 | 28 | 31 |
| Yards or Passages, paving repaired | 1 | 26 | 27 |
| „ paved and drained | 69 | 84 | 153 |
| „ cleansed | — | 36 | 36 |
| Bust Bins provided | 21 | 50 | 71 |
| Ashpits, foul arid defective, remedied | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| Cisterns repaired and covered | 22 | 15 | 37 |
| „ cleansed | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| „ removed from improper positions | — | 12 | 12 |
| Cleansing, houses cleansed and whitewashed | 221 | 127 | 348 |
| „ plastering of walls and ceilings repaired | — | 7 | 7 |
| „ houses dealt with under Housing Acts | — | — | — |
| Workshops cleansed and lime washed | — | 18 | 18 |
| „ excessive steam in | — | 1 | 1 |
| roofs repaired | — | 2 | 2 |
| „ floors repaired | - | 4 | 4 |
| „ overcrowding | 1 | — | 1 |
| Roofs of houses repaired | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| Floors of houses repaired or relaid | 27 | 9 | 36 |
| „ workshops repaired or relaid | — | 4 | 4 |
| „ stables repaired or relaid | — | 3 | 3 |
| Stables provided with drainage | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| „ ventilation | — | 1 | 1 |
| Coachhouse floors repaired | — | — | — |
| „ ceilings repaired | — | — | — |
| Dampness of house walls remedied | 45 | 4 | 49 |
| Air space under floors of houses ventilated | 31 | 2 | 33 |
| Accumulations, refuse removed | 18 | 10 | 28 |
| manure removed | 37 | 5 | 42 |
| „ water in cellars removed | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| „ in ditches | — | — | — |
| Cess pools cleansed | 1 | — | 1 |
| Manure receptacles provided | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Animals, fowls, etc., nuisances from, abated | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Urinals cleansed | — | 8 | 8 |
| „ reconstructed | — | 7 | 7 |
| Smoke, nuisances abated | 7 | 9 | 16 |