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Chiswick 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]
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TABLE III.
CHISWICK URBAN DISTRICT.
County of Middlesex—Sanitary Work, 1913.
Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings.
| Water Closets— | |
| Number of waterclosets substituted for dry receptacles | |
| Repaired, supplied with water, or otherwise improved | 219 |
| Percentage of houses provided with water closets | 100 |
| Drains— | |
| Examined, tested, exposed, etc. | 216 |
| Unstopped, repaired, trapped, etc. | 117 |
| Waste pipes, rain water pipes disconnected, repaired, etc. | 48 |
| New soil pipes or ventilating pipes fixed | 71 |
| Existing soil pipes or ventilating shafts repaired | — |
| Disconnecting traps or chambers inserted | 25 |
| Reconstructed | 58 |
| Cesspools— | |
| Rendered impervious, emptied, cleansed, etc. | — |
| Abolished, and drain connected to sewer | - |
| Percentage of houses draining into sewers | 99.9 |
| Disinfection. | |
| Rooms Disinfected— | |
| Ordinary infectious disease | 126 |
| Phthisis | 14 |
| Rooms stripped and cleansed | 117 |
| Articles Disinfected or Destroyed— | |
| Ordinary infectious disease | 2 |
| Phthisis | 6 |