London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Enfield 1923

[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 repaired185
Gutters and downpipes repaired267
Cesspools emptied314
Cesspools abolished1
House drains cleared, repaired, etc.146
House drains tested, examined, etc.92
House drains reconstructed21
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated, including repairs to ventilators39
Sink-wastes disconnected or repaired21
Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or water supply145
New closets provided5
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc.98
Water-closets substituted for earth-closets1
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc.19
Storage cisterns provided2
Water laid on or restored9
Yards paved, or existing paving made good39
Ventilation provided under ground floors and causes of dampness removed, etc.36