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 Brentford]
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Nuisances Dealt with—
Nature of Nuisance dealt with. | Number. |
---|---|
373 | |
Roofs repaired and rendered watertight | 21 |
Stable drain disconnected from storm water drain | 1 |
Surface water drain disconnected from foul water drain | 1 |
Surface water drains provided | 10 |
Sink waste pipes repaired, provided, or trapped | 19 |
„ ,, disconnected from drain | 8 |
Sinks provided | 2 |
Stable floor paved | 1 |
Smoke nuisances abated | 2 |
Water cisterns cleansed and provided with covers | 9 |
,, ,, provided | 4 |
Water-closets abolished | 10 |
,, erected | 9 |
,, repaired, ventilated, or cleansed | 68 |
,, flushing cisterns provided | 29 |
„ provided with water | 13 |
Yard areas paved | 62 |
,, repaired | 4 |
Miscellaneous | 11 |
Total | 657 |
Bakehouses. | |
Floor cemented | 1 |
Drain removed from interior | 1 |
Bakehouse to lime wash | 3 |
Total | 5 |
Dairies and Cowsheds. | |
Cesspool removed from interior of cowshed | 1 |
Drains amended | 1 |
Gullies removed from dairy and cowshed | 3 |
Manure pit abolished | 1 |
Yards cleansed | 2 |
Cowshed limewashed | 1 |
Dairy ventilated | 1 |
Dairy floor concreted | 1 |
Walls cemented | 1 |
Total | 12 |