Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE XI.—con.
1903. | |
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Water supplies used for domestic purposes disconnected from | |
the cistern for flushing the water closet | 11 |
Houses provided with proper water supply | 141 |
Roofs repaired | 80 |
Gutterings repaired or renewed | 27 |
Areas cleansed | 8 |
„ drained | 8 |
Washhouse pavings repaired or renewed | 33 |
Scullery „ „ „ | 14 |
Animals ceased to he kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance | 13 |
Cases of overcrowding abated | 33 |
Underground rooms ceased to be occupied as dwellings | 3 |
Tents, vans, sheds, or similar structures in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates, ceased to be used for human habitation | - |
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated | 57 |
Chimneys carried to a sufficient height | 1 |
Ventilating pipes of drains carried to a sufficient height above windows | 17 |
Fresh air inlets repaired or renewed | 63 |
Separate and sufficient water closet accommodation provided for persons of each sex | 11 |
Water closets cleansed | 91 |
,, „ provided with a sufficient water supply | 56 |
Flushing cisterns to water closets repaired or renewed | 134 |
Water closets provided with means of constant ventilation | 37 |
Sufficient water closet accommodation provided | 6 |
Yard pavings repaired or renewed | 145 |
Area ,, ,, ,, | 37 |
Defective or improper manure receptacles abolished | 7 |
Manure receptacles provided | 18 |
Dust „ „ | 190 |
Covers to dust receptacles provided | 17 |
Water cisterns cleansed | 142 |
„ „ fitted with close fitting covers | 60 |
Improperly placed water cisterns removed | 4 |
Stable pavings repaired or renewed | 11 |