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 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Rooms found overcrowded | 2 |
Overcrowding abated (rooms) after service of notice | 2 |
„ „ without service of notice | — |
Found illegally occupied | 16 |
Closed or illegal occupation discontinued | 16 |
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated | 206 |
Roofs repaired | 349 |
Gutterings repaired or renewed | 295 |
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed | 398 |
„ „ disconnected from drains | 43 |
„ „ „ „ soil-pipes | 8 |
"Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains | 2 |
„ trapped | 459 |
„ ,, repaired or renewed | 291 |
„ „ unstopped | 6 |
„ of lavatories disconnected from drains | — |
„ „ trapped | 244 |
„ „ repaired or renewed. . | 210 |
„ „ unstopped | — |
„ of baths disconnected from drains | — |
„ trapped | 208 |
„ „ repaired or renewed | 170 |
„ „ unstopped . | 12 |
Water supply re-instated | 9 |
Water provided to floors of tenement houses | 132 |
No. of tenement houses dealt with | 82 |
Sinks provided to upper floors of tenement houses | 117 |
Water supplies used for domestic purposes disconnected from cisterns for flushing w.c.'s | 3 |