Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1924
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TABLE VIA. Summary of Works completed by the Sanitary Inspectors during the Year 1924.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Grand Total | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4a | 5 | 5a | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
House Drains re-constructed | 6 | 4 | — | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 43 |
Defective Drains repaired | 20 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 29 | 151 |
House Drains cleansed | 34 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 17 | 120 | 89 | 372 |
Water-closets reconstructed, repaired, &c. | 147 | 102 | 52 | 42 | 16 | 68 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 17 | 35 | 65 | 596 |
Water-closets supplied with water | 10 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 10 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 107 | 54 | 343 |
Water-closets, new, provided | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 78 |
Soil-pipes ventilated, repaired, &c. | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 2 | — | 61 | 6 | 136 |
Soil-pipes, new, provided | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 51 |
Cisterns cleaned, covered, &c. | 17 | 42 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 14 | — | 18 | 7 | 98 | 24 | 246 |
Yards, Areas paved, drained, repaired | 53 | 87 | 21 | 31 | 21 | 17 | 57 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 33 | 63 | 432 |
Dustbins provided | 97 | 112 | 90 | 66 | 23 | 66 | 42 | 15 | 29 | 34 | 126 | 87 | 787 |
Ashpits abolished | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 103 |
Accumulations of filth, &c., removed | 31 | 57 | 2 | 7 | — | 29 | 1 | 15 | — | 19 | 17 | 217 | 395 |
Animals removed | 7 | 8 | 2 | 8 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 37 |
Overcrowding abated | — | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 31 |
Underground Rooms, illegal occupation discontinued | 3 | 52 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 65 |
Roofs repaired | 109 | 88 | 50 | 90 | 69 | 78 | 97 | 32 | 23 | 46 | 137 | 42 | 861 |
Houses provided with water above basement floor | 24 | 21 | 76 | 56 | 90 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 368 |
Dampness in Dwellings remedied | 70 | 41 | 10 | 84 | 45 | 33 | 126 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 470 |
Houses closed under Sect. 17, Housing Act, 1909 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Repairs of Houses completed under Sect. 28, Housing Act, 1919 | — | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | 20 |
Infectious Disease Cases removed | 140 | 94 | 30 | 83 | — | 61 | 1 | 29 | 59 | 26 | 74 | 8 | 605 |
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases (including Bedding, Clothing, &c,) | 113 | 115 | 26 | 117 | — | 63 | 1 | 54 | 81 | 76 | 129 | 45 | 820 |
Rooms in such Houses, disinfected after Infectious Disease | 135 | 170 | 30 | 122 | — | 71 | 1 | 122 | 154 | 107 | 236 | 84 | 1,232 |
Houses cleansed under Houses Let in Lodgings By-laws | 99 | 221 | 57 | 76 | — | 102 | — | 4 | 115 | 16 | 113 | 11 | 814 |
Verminous Houses cleansed (including Bedding, Clothing, &c | 107 | 65 | 33 | 51 | 44 | 13 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 384 |
Verminous Rooms cleansed in such Houses | 308 | 98 | 83 | 58 | 86 | 12 | 59 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 758 |
Dirty Bedding cleansed | 6 | — | 6 | 11 | — | .— | — | 6 | — | — | — | 1 | 30 |
Dirty Bedding destroyed | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Other Sanitary Works executed | 93 | 190 | 177 | 171 | 430 | 179 | 374 | 63 | 78 | 21 | 25 | 209 | 2,010 |