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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
Hampstead 1903
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Town. | Are the Sewers ventilated, entirely or in part, by surface gratings ? | If surface gratings are employed, has this system been found a source of complaint ? | What steps have been taken to remedy complaint ? | What results have been obtained ? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24. Stepney | (No return) | ||||
| 25. Stoke Newington | Mainly by surface gratings | Very few complaints | Flushing. Closing of gratings. Shafts erected | Satisfactory. | |
| 26. Wandsworth | Partly by surface gratings | Complaints frequent | Shafts erected | Generally satisfactory Reeve's system recently adopted. | |
| 27. Westminster,City of | Partly by surface gratings | Yes | Ventilating lamps. Gauze screens—flushing | Satisfactory. | |
| 28. Woolwichban Districts. | Not now | Originally a serious source of complaint | Gratings closed. Shafts erected | ||
| 29. Croydon | In most part | Complaints not infrequent | Shafts erected, and special devices | - | |
| 30. Hornsey | Very few surface gratings. Mainly by shafts | Necessarily a source of com-plaint | Shafts erected | - | |
| 31. Streatham | (No return) | ||||
| 32. Walthamsow | In part | Yes | Shafts erected | - | |
| 33. West Ham | Originally | Yes | Shafts erected | Usually satisfactory, | |
| 34. Willesden | In part | Yes | Abolition of surface gratings. Shafts erected | Satisfactory. | |
| 35. Wimbledon.. | Originally. (In all roads taken over by Council, surface gratings have been plated down and where possible upcast shafts erected) | Continual complaints prior to plating down | Surface gratings plated down. Shafts erected | Satisfactory. | |
| Tow. | Are the Sewers ventilated entirely or in part, by surface gratings ? | If surface gratings are employed, has this system been found a source of complaint ? | What steps have beeu taken to remedy complaints ? | What results have been obtained. | |
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| 36. Aberdeen | Very largely | Certain gratings a periodical source of complaint | Charcoal trays and gas lamps | Not practically success-ful. | |
| 37. Bath | Not now; there were many | Complaints were frequent | The whole were closed years since. Ventilators have been erected 30 ft. in height | - | |
| 38. Bedford | Principally surface gratings | Occasional complaints | Shafts erected | - | |
| 39. Birkenhead | Mostly surface gratings, but some upcast shafts | Surface grids are a constant source of complaint | The abolition of surface grids entirely from narrow streets, and from the wider streets gradually. No deleterious results on health returns; death rate steadily deelining | Satisfactory. | |
| 40. Birmingham | Almost entirely | Complaints occasionally of smells from certain grat-ings. Never been found to produce disease | Shafts at dead ends of sewers | Doubtful. | |
| 41. Blackburn | Entirely | Many complaints made | Erection of sewer-ventilating shafts under consideration of Committee | - | |
| 42. Blackpool | Mostly surface gratings | Frequently been the cause of complaint and a source of nuisance | Proposal to increase number of high ventilating shafts and close all surface ven-tilators causing nuisance | - | |
| 43. Bolton | Entirely | Few complaints | Gratings sealed up | - | |
| Almost entirely | Complaints made when sewers improperly used | No steps taken | - | ||