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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As to these outstanding notices, the work required was delayed
on account of the weather or other reasonable cause.
The general character of the defects found in the dwelling-houses
inspected is as follows:—
Defective drains and ventilating pipes, etc.; W.C. flushing
cisterns and pipes out of order; cracked and broken W.C. pans;
broken, cracked and porous scullery sinks and waste pipes; leaking
roofs; defective gutters; absence of, or broken, paving around
houses; defective plaster of ceilings and walls; damp walls; want
of ventilation under ground floors and general uncleanly conditions.
The following are the works carried out as the result of the notices or letters :—
Houses or parts of houses cleansed, repaired, etc. | 4 25 |
Roofs repaired | 185 |
Gutters and downpipes repaired | 267 |
Cesspools emptied | 314 |
Cesspools abolished | 1 |
House drains cleared, repaired, etc. | 146 |
House drains tested, examined, etc. | 92 |
House drains reconstructed | 21 |
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated, including repairs to ventilators | 39 |
Sink-wastes disconnected or repaired | 21 |
Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or water supply | 145 |
New closets provided | 5 |
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. | 98 |
Water-closets substituted for earth-closets | 1 |
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. | 19 |
Storage cisterns provided | 2 |
Water laid on or restored | 9 |
Yards paved, or existing paving made good | 39 |
Ventilation provided under ground floors and causes of dampness removed, etc. | 36 |