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 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| General Conditions— | |
| Houses, or parts of houses, cleansed | 2.31 |
| Dampness in houses, or parts of houses, abated | 121 |
| Dilapidated houses, or parts of houses, repaired | 41 |
| Overcrowding— | |
| Cases of, abated (rooms) after service of notice | 12 |
| ,, ,, ,, without sendee of notice | 4 |
| Underground rooms — | |
| Entirely ceased to be occupied as dwellings. . | 11 |
| Illegal occupation discontinued | 12 |
| Structural works carried out | 80 |
| Below floors— | |
| Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors | |
| ventilated | 73 |
| Roofs— | |
| Repaired | 118 |
| Gutterings— | |
| Repaired or renewed | 82 |
| Rainwater pipes— | |
| Repaired or renewed | 127 |
| Disconnected from drains | 41 |
| „ „ soil pipes | 7 |
| Waste pipes — | |
| Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains | |
| „ trapped | 433 |
| „ „ ,, repaired or renewed | 355 |
| „ unstopped | 3 |
| ,, „ of lavatories trapped | 173 |
| ,, „ ,, repaired or renewed | 238 |
| „ „ „ unstopped | 6 |
| ,, ,, of baths disconnected from drains | 2 |
| „ trapped | 140 |
| „ „ ,, repaired or renewed | 190 |
| Water supply— | |
| Reinstated | 7 |
| Water and sinks provided to upper floors of tenement houses | 105 |