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 Walthamstow]
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As the result of visits to Workshops and Outworkers, the following works have been carried out:—
Cleansing entire premises | 6 |
„ partial premises | 11 |
Overcrowding of workrooms abated | 3 |
W.c. flush improved | 3 |
Drinking water supply improved | 1 |
Drainage and paving works | 3 |
Use of bedroom as workshop discontinued | 1 |
Laundries .—There are 49 laundries registered under the Acts, and during the year sanitary improvements have been made as follows:—
Washhouse paving repaired | in 4 cases. |
Works of cleansing carried out | „ 7 „ |
Drains repaired | „ 4 „ |
Roofs and gutters | „ 3 „ |
W.c. flush reinstated | „ 2 „ |
Bakehouses.—The improvements effected in the condition of the
bakehouses both over and underground, by the extensive alterations
carried out in the year 1903, have been well maintained, and the
premises are kept (with one or two exceptions) in very good condition.
There are 51 retail bakehouses in the district, of which 6 are underground, and during the year the following repairs have been effected, in addition to the periodical cleansing:—
Repairs to paving | in 6 cases. |
Special cleansing | „ 5 „ |
W.c. flush repaired ... | „ 3 ,, |
Drains repaired | „ 2 „ |
Gutters, etc., repaired | „ 2 ,, |
House-to-house inspection has been carried out in the following
roads:—Berwick Road, Billet Road, Colebrooke Road, Cuthbert Road,
Cranbrook Road, Edinburgh Road, Farey’s Row, Gladstone Road,
Gosport Road, Hawthorne Road, Hylton Grove, Linford Road, Mansfield
Road, Mark house Avenue, Short Road, Telford Road, Vallentin
Road and Waverley Avenue.
Premises to the number of 3,845 have been inspected, and works of
sanitary improvement have been carried out in 1,149. In 183 cases
drains have been reconstructed or repaired.
It is noticeable that the work of drain reconstruction tends on the
average to decrease, a condition which might be anticipated in view of