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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

Wood Green 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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Table: COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.— SANITARY WORK, 1904.

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.— SANITARY WORK, 1904.

Name of Sanitary District.Water Supply and Water Service.Privy & Ash Pits, Ash and Earth Closets.Drainage and Sewerage.
Wells.Houses, Water Laid on to.Percentage of Houses Supplied from Mains.Cisterns.Flush Cisterns Provided to W.C.'s.Draw-Taps Removed from Cisterns to Mains.Percentage of Houses Supplied on Constant System.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.Sewers.
New Sunk.Cleansed, Repaired, &c.Closed as Polluted.New, Provided.Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Overflow Pipes Disconnected from Drains.Above Ground Receptacles Substituted for Pits.Movable Receptacles Substituted for Fixed.Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles.New Constructed.New Apparatus Provided.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Supplied with Water, or Supply Rendered Efficient.Ventilated.Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c.Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, &c. Disconnected.Soil Pipes and Drains Ventilated.Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.New Laid.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, &c.Abolished, and Drain Connected to Sewer.Yards of New Sewers Laid.Yards of Sewers Reconstructed.
Wood Green.............100 per cent93123..................1041724...100 per cent124791204874122..................