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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
Hornsey 1898
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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(C IV.) county of Middlesex.— Sanitary work, 1898.
| Sanitary Districts. | Disinfection. | Dust. | Dampness. | Sundry nuisances abated. | Contagious Diseases of Animals. | Infant Life Protection Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rooms fumigated. | Rooms stripped and cleaned. | Articles disinfected or destroyed. | Dust-bins repaired. | New bins provided. | Movable receptacles substituted for fixed. | Periodical freqnency of du?t removal. | Number of complaints of non-removal received. | Roofs repaired, &c. | Guttering and rain-pipes repaired, &c. | Gardens, Areas, Ac., levelled and drained. | Yards paved and drained. | Surface adjoining houses paved. | Dry areas provided. | Ventilation below floor provided. | Basements rendered impervious. | Overcrowding. | Smoke. | Accumulations of refuse. | Foul ditches, ponds, Ac., and stagnant water. | Foul pigs and other animals. | Other nuisances. | Outbreaks. | Animals infected. | Animals destroyed. | Number of licensed premises. | Number of children. | Number of deaths. | |
| HORNSEY URBAN DISTRICT | 294 | 142 | 5005 | 3 | 37 | 2 | Weekly | 170 | 26 | 70 | 2 | 55 | 9 | — | 27 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 61 | - | 10 | 91 | — | — | — | None | — | — |