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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 complaints ? | What results have been obtained? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73. Southport | Partly | Continual cause of complaint for years | Gratings are closed where-ever possible. Reeves system and Webb's patent ventilating lamps (the former costly) | Satisfactory. | |
| 74. South Shieids | Few surface gratings (mostly upcast shafts) | Sometimes a nuisance | Replaced by upcast shafts | Satisfactory. | |
| 75. Sunderland | Entirely by surface gratings | Considerable number of com-plaints received | Some gratings blocked by air-tight covers. Venti-lation shafts | - | |
| 76. Sutton | Partly | Yes | Gratings closed down. Sewers now generally ventilated by ventilating columns | - | |
| 77. Windsor | Formerly | Frequent | Nearly all gratings have been closed. Shafts erected | - | |
| 78. York | Partly | Numerous complaints | Shafts erected | Satisfactory. | |