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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.Ara 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 complaints ?What results hare been obtained ?
Towns.
45. BrightonIn partVery rarelyShafts erected. Occasionally gratings closed-
46. BristolNo. Sewers totally un-ventilated---
47. BurnleyAlmost entirelySource of complaint. A nuisanceSubject being considered-
48. CardiffPartlyOccasional complaintsGratings closed. Shafts erectedSatisfactory.
49. DevonportNot nowComplaints were receivedSurface gratings sealed up in most cases-
50. EdinburghPartlyComplaints occasionally madeGratings are, if possible, removed to more suitable place, or sealed up
51. Gateshead(No return)
52. GlasgowEntirelyOccasional complaintsSolid cover to grating-
53. GrimsbyPartiallyComplaints frequentGratings closed. Shafts erectedSatisfactory (so far).
54. HalifaxIn part, and by untrapped gulliesOccasional complaintsDeoderising filters to gratings-
55. IpswichPartlyConstant complaintsAll gratings closed. Shafts erected where permitted-
56. LeedsIn part. Majority of street gullies untrappedFrequent complaints about gulliesOccasionally, where open gullies are close to house door, we trap, putting ventilator up house side.-
57. LeicesterIn partComplaints frequently re-ceivedWhen well founded, gratings closed down and shafts erected-
58. LiverpoolChiefly. Shafts in certain districtsComplaints relatively in-frequentSewer kept flushedUsually satisfactory.
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 complaints?What results have been obtained ?
Towns.
59. Lytham(No return)
60. ManchesterPartlySome complaintsGratings closed. Shafts erectedIn some cases satis- factory
61. MiddlesbroughIn partMany complaintsShafts being erected with gas extractors at worst part-
62. NewcastleAlmost entirelyModerate number of com-plaintsFlushing, and carbolic powder-
63. NorthamptonAlmost entirelyOccasional complaintsFlushingSatisfactory.
64. NorwichIn partYesTrappingSatisfactory (on whole).
65. NottinghamIn partYesFixing high tubular venti-latorsi Satisfactory.
66. OldhamMostly by surface gratings and untrapped gulliesOccasional complaintsShafts erected-
67. PortsmouthIn partVery great nuisanceClosure of gratings. Erection of shafts-
68. PrestonIn partOccasional complaintsAdam's disinfector. Flushing or ventilator closed-
69. RichmondNot nowAll closed owing to serious complaintsVentilating shafts where permittedSatisfactory.
70. SheffieldPractically only by surface gratingsFew complaints every yearConnecting dead ends with other sewers. Altering position of manholes and lampholes-
71. Southend-on-SeaNot nowAll closed owing to frequent complaints"Ham Baker's" ventilating columnsCompletely satis-factory.
72. SouthamptonSurface gratings have been constructed as inletsYesPlugged up-