London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Water supply and water service. | Drainage and sewerage of existing buildings. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wells. | Cisterns | Percentage of houses supplied on constant system. | Number of samples obtained for analysis. | Water closets. | Drains. | Cesspools | ||||||||||||||||
| New sunk. | Cleansed, repaired, &c. | Closed as polluted. | Percentage of houses supplied from public water service. | New provided. | Cleansed, repaired, covered, &c. | Draw-taps placed on mains. | Number of water closets substituted for dry receptacles. | Repaired, supplied with water, or otherwise improved. | Percentage of houses provided with water closets. | Examined, tested, exposed, &c. | Unstopped, repaired, trapped, &c. | Waste pipes, rain water pipes, disconnected, repaired, &c. | New soil pipes or ventilating shafts fixed. | Existing soil pipes or ventilating shafts repaired. | Disconnecting traps or chambers inserted. | Reconstructed. | Rendered impervious, emptied, cleansed, &c. | Abolished, and drain connected to sewer. | Percentage of houses draining into sewers. | |||
| From local wells. | From public supply. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| .. | .. | 2 | 99.3 | 1 | 77 | 21 | 100% | 11 | Nil | Nil | 322 | 99.9 | 541 | 304 | 151 | 21 | 31 | 21 | 40 | emptied and cleansed 9 periodically. | .. | 99.6 |