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 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Houses or parts of houses cleansed (excluding verminous rooms) | 571 |
Dampness in houses or parts of houses abated | 282 |
Dilapidated „ „ „ repaired | 445 |
Rooms found overcrowded | 9 |
Overcrowding abated (rooms) after service of notice | 9 |
„ „ without service of notice | — |
Found illegally occupied | 17 |
Closed, or illegal occupation discontinued | 9 |
Made to conform | 8 |
Spaces below floors in the basement or ground floors ventilated | 118 |
Roofs repaired | 340 |
Gutterings repaired or renewed | 335 |
Rainwater pipes repaired or renewed | 445 |
„ „ disconnected from drains | 16 |
„ „ „ „ soil-pipes | 2 |
Waste pipes of sinks disconnected from drains | 3 |
„ „ trapped | 434 |
„ „ repaired or renewed | 322 |
,, „ unstopped | 10 |
„ of lavatories trapped | 341 |
„ „ repaired or renewed | 209 |
„ ,, unstopped | 3 |
„ of baths disconnected from drains | 3 |
„ „ trapped | 262 |
„ „ repaired or renewed | 180 |
„ „ unstopped | 2 |
Water supply re-instated | 5 |
Additional water supply provided to tenement houses | 68 |
No. of tenement houses dealt with | 51 |