Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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House drains reconstructed | 5 |
Disconnecting traps or chambers inserted | 2 |
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated, including repairs to ventilators | 34 |
Sink-wastes disconnected or repaired | 25 |
Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or water supply | 168 |
New closets provided | 7 |
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. | 108 |
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. | 49 |
Storage cisterns provided | 9 |
Water laid on or restored | 22 |
Samples of water taken from wells | 1 |
Wells cleansed, repaired, etc. .. | 0 |
Yards paved, or existing paving made good | 75 |
Ventilation provided under ground floors and causes of dampness removed, etc... | 67 |
Ventilation provided to rooms, or windows made to open | 1 |
Dustbins repaired, or new ones provided | 337 |
Manure heaps removed | 18 |
Fowls and other animals removed | 6 |
Other nuisances abated | 47 |
Ditches cleaned out | 0 |
Cases of overcrowding abated | 10 |
Stables cleansed | 1 |
After infectious disease | 358 | |
After Phthisis | 54 | |
After verminous cases | 8 | |
— | 420 |