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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
Southgate 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1906. Name of Sanitary District:—SOUTHGATE.
| Drainage and Sewerage. | Disinfection. | Dust. | Sundry Nuisances Abated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Closets. | Drains. | Cesspools. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Constructed. | Number of Water Closets substituted forDry Receptacles. | Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved. | Percentage of Houses provided with Water closets. | Kxamined, Tested, Exposed, &c. | Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c. | Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes Dis-connected, Repaired &c. | Soil Pipes and Drains Ventilated. | Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted. | Reconstructed. | Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, &c. | Abolished, and Drain connected to Sewer. | Percentage of Houses Draining into Hewers. | Rooms Disinfected. | Rooms Stripped and Cleansed. | Articles Disinfected or Destroyed. | New Bins provided. | Periodical Frequency of Dust Removal. | N umber of Complaints of N on-Removal received. | Overcrowding. | Smoke. | Accumulations of Refuse. | Foul Ditches. Ponds, «Ve., and Stagnant Water. | Foul Pigs and other Animals. | Dampness. | Other Nuisances. | |
| 1 | Nil. | 116 | Practically the whole. | 92 | 35 | 26 | 53 | 48 | 65 | 1 | Nil. | 99 % | 225 | 173 | 1236 | 38 | Weekly. | 27 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 53 | ||
| J. W. H, BROWN, Sanitary Inspector, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||