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 Wanstead and Woodford]
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Yards paved or repaired | 8 |
Internal walls and ceilings repaired | 150 |
Doors and frames repaired or renewed | 18 |
windows repaired or renewed | 63 |
Floors repaired or renewed | 37 |
Sub- floor ventilation provided or improved | 4 |
Rooms cleansed or redecorated | 20 |
Stoves repaired or renewed | 9 |
Staircases repaired and handrails provided | 2 |
Fireplaces and flues repaired or renewed | 21 |
Washbasins and sinks provided or renewed | 3 |
Wastepipes repaired or renewed | 10 |
Dustbins provided or renewed | 7 |
Water supply improved or reinstated | 6 |
water closet walls and ceilings cleansed | 4 |
Water closet pans repaired, renewed or cleansed | 4 |
water closet cisterns repaired or renewed | 16 |
Water closet structures repaired or rebuilt | 4 |
Water closet flush pipe joints repaired | 4 |
Drains cleansed from obstruction | 193 |
Drains repaired or renewed | 20 |
Miscellaneous | 9 |
Number of rooms disinfected | 85 |
Premises from which bedding removed for steam disinfection | 81 |
Number of rooms disinfested | 12 |