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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]
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ST. ANN'S WARD (Mr. W. P. West).
| House to house inspections | 202 | Smoke observations | 9 |
| Re-inspections | 1212 | Overcrowding | 6 |
| Drains examined, tested, etc. | 311 | Accumulation of refuse | 4 |
| „ unstopped | 31 | Visits in connection with cases of infectious disease, including. Tuberculosis | 494 |
| „ re-constructed | 66 | ||
| Soil pipes and drains ventilated | 6 | ||
| Disconnecting traps inserted . | 9 | Rooms inspected after disinfection | 172 |
| R.W. pipes, sink wastes, etc., | Other nuisances | 170 | |
| disconnected | 5 | Factories, number of inspections | 102 |
| Dust bins provided | 43 | Workshops and workplaces | 178 |
| Roofs repaired | 45 | Laundries | 31 |
| Gutters repaired | 30 | Dairies, etc. | 65 |
| Cisterns cleaned, repaired, etc. | 20 | Bakehouses | 53 |
| W.C. new apparatus provided | 19 | P.H. urinals | 128 |
| W.C. repaired, cleaned, etc. | 36 | Stables and Mews | 201 |
| W.C. water fittings repaired | 49 | Slaughter-houses | 21 |
| Yards paved and drained | 49 | Complaints investigated | 47 |
| Premises cleansed, etc | 153 | Appointments | 273 |
| Ventilation below floors provided | 12 |
SANITARY WORK CARRIED OUT BY
Mrs. PARSONS AND Miss LAMB.
264 visits were made with respect to persons suffering from Phthisis.
28 visits were made with respect to persons suffering from other infectious
diseases.
50 complaints were investigated.
149 workshops were inspected.
435 outworkers were visited.
53 visits were paid for various other reasons.
(For information respecting babies sec " 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 £180 for the year.
The following table gives weekly particulars of the amounts
and various kinds of refuse destroyed during 1914.