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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

Fulham 1908

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908

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66
GENERAL SANITARY WORK.

Table: The following is a summary of the sanitary work of the year:—

The following is a summary of the sanitary work of the year:—

Complaints received1,193
Intimation notices served2,287
Statutory notices served515

Table: Nuisances abated.

Nuisances abated.

Drains reconstructed226
Drains repaired or cleared445
W.C.'s repaired, etc.464
Stack pipes repaired or disconnected105
Soil pipes renewed36
Soil pipes repaired43
Yards and forecourts paved305
Dustbins provided522
Cisterns repaired and cleansed184
Supply of water from rising main provided105
Sinks repaired or trapped187
Roofs repaired316
Floors repaired44
Bath or lavatory wastes trapped26
Water fittings repaired26
Ventilation under floors provided10
Rainwater gutters repaired102
Rooms or passages ventilated15
Dampness in rooms remedied82
Accumulation of refuse, etc., removed83
Manure receptacles provided10
Stables paved and drained2
Urinals cleansed7
Nuisances from animals abated21
Water supply provided42
Cases of overcrowding abated60
Rooms cleansed or repaired796
Sundry nuisances abated25
Rooms disinfected and cleansed after infectious illness1,345