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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
Tottenham 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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LOWER WARD (Mr. J. A. Shillito)—
| Disconnecting traps inserted | 39 | Factories, number of inspections | 90 |
| R.W. pipes, wastes, etc., dis connected | 39 | Workshops & workplaces „ | |
| Common lodging houses ,, | 41 | ||
| Dust bins repaired or provided | 42 | Dairies, etc. ,, | 57 |
| Roofs repaired | 29 | Cowsheds „ | 24 |
| Gutters ,, | 78 | Bakehouses „ | 38 |
| Cisterns cleaned, repaired, etc. | 50 | Slaughter-houses ., | 29 |
| W.C. new apparatus provided | 74 | Butchers' shops „ | 112 |
| ,, repaired, cleaned, etc. | 95 | Complaints investigated | 241 |
| ,, ventilated | 18 | Animals kept so as to be a nuisance | 7 |
| ,, water fittings repaired | 57 | ||
| Yards paved and drained | 45 | Houses let in lodgings | 25 |
| Premises cleaned, etc. (ordinary) | 89 | Ice cream vendors | 10 |
| Ditto (after infectious disease) | 163 | Schools | 7 |
| Floors repaired | 36 | Miscellaneous | 76 |
| Ventilation below floor provided | 15 |
SANITARY WORK CARRIED OUT BY Mrs. PARSONS AND
Miss LAMB.
290 visits were made with respect to persons suffering from Phthisis.
13 „ „ „ „ „ „ other infectious
diseases.
78 complaints were investigated.
94 workshops were inspected.
295 outworkers were visited.
97 visits were paid for various other reasons.
(For information respecting babies see " Infant Mortality)."
REFUSE DESTRUCTOR.
The house refuse of the district is disposed of at the
Refuse Destructor by burning. Tins and other disposable
material realised over £200 for the year.
The following table gives weekly particulars of the
amounts and various kinds of refuse destroyed during 1913.