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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The following table indicates the extensive and varied nature of the defects and dilapidations which have been made good following inspection by the Sanitary Inspectors.
| Sanitary dustbins provided | 83 |
| Yards paved or yard paving repaired | 28 |
| Insanitary forecourts remedied | 2 |
| Defective drains repaired or reconstructed | 132 |
| Defective soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired or renewed | 16 |
| Defective fresh air inlets repaired or renewed | 20 |
| Defective gullies removed and replaced by new | 8 |
| Rainwater downpipes disconnected from drain | 1 |
| Dishings or curbs to gully repaired or new gratings fixed | 15 |
| Defective W.C. pans and traps removed and replaced by new | 38 |
| Defective W.C. flushing apparatus repaired or new | |
| fixed | 46 |
| Defective W.C. seats repaired or new fixed | 24 |
| Defective flush pipe connections repaired | 8 |
| Insanitary sinks removed or new fixed | 18 |
| Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped | 42 |
| Insanitary wall surface over sinks remedied | 11 |
| Ventilated food cupboards provided | 9 |
| Drinking water cisterns cleansed | 8 |
| Defective covers to drinking water cisterns repaired or new fixed | 10 |
| Insanitary sites beneath floors concreted | 2 |
| Spaces beneath floors ventilated | 36, |
| Dampness in walls from defective damp proof coursing remedied | 143 |
| Dampness from defective roof, rainwater gutterings, etc., remedied | 1,135 |
| Defective plastering repaired (number of rooms) | 804 |
| Rooms where dirty walls and ceiling have been cleansed and redecorated | 1,1031 |