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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

Edmonton 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: (C III.)DISTRICT OF EDMONTON.—COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1903.

(C III.)DISTRICT OF EDMONTON.—COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1903.

Sanitary District.Water Supply and Water Service.Privy and Ash Pits, Ash and Earth Closets.Drainage and Sewerage.
Wells.Houses, Water Laid on to.Percentage of Houses Supplied from Mains.Cisterns.Flush Cisterns Provided to W.C.'s.Draw-Taps Removed from Cisterns to Mains.Percentage of Houses Supplied on Constant System.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewer.Sewers.
New Sunk.Cleansed, Repaired, Etc.Closed as Polluted.| New, Provided.Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, Etc.Overflow Pipes Disconnected from Drains.Above Ground Receptacles substituted for Pits.Movable Receptacles substituted for fixed.Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles.New Constructed.New Apparatus Provided.Repaired, Cleansed, Etc.Supplied with Water, or Supply Rendered Efficient.Ventilated.Examined, Tested, Exposed, Etc.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, Etc.Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, Etc., Disconnected.Soil Pipes and Drains Ventilated.Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.New Laid.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, Etc.Abolished, and Drains Connected to Sewers.Yards of New Sewers Laid.Yards of Sewers Reconstructed.
EDMONTON.--4499 per cent.-254-43998.7---3869190-99.9527364-491155915,058 yards run.4 cesspools emptied weekly.-99.56,150 yards run.226 yards run.