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 year1925
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Grand Total. | |||||||||||||
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1 | la | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4a | 5 | 5a | 6 | 6a | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
House Drains reconstructed | 11 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 84 |
Defective Drains repaired | 12 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | — | 3 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 158 |
House Drains cleansed Water-closets reconstructed, re | 33 | 11 | 51 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 127 | 101 | 340 |
paired, &c. Water-closets supplied with | 121 | 10 | 112 | 62 | 26 | 17 | 64 | 12 | 29 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 35 | 87 | 619 |
water | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 97 | 80 | 312 |
Water-closets, new, provided Soil-pipes ventilated, repaired, | 1 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 8 | . 6 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 137 |
&c. | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 71 | 5 | 152 |
Soil-pipes, new, provided | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 38 | 4 | 73 |
Cisterns cleaned, covered, &c. -Yards, Areas paved, drained, | 27 | 14 | 77 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 97 | 13 | 324 |
repaired | 53 | 12 | 86 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 74 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 425 |
Dustbins provided | 68 | 21 | 159 | 65 | 58 | 13 | 39 | 46 | 50 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 109 | 62 | 748 |
Ashpits abolished -Accumulations of filth, &c., | 4 | — | 25 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 90 |
removed | 25 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 254 | 463 |
Animals removed | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | — | 5 | 3 | 40 |
Overcrowding abated Underground Rooms, illegal | 1 | - | 15 | — | 3 | 3 | - | 16 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 65 |
occupation discontinued | 1 | — | 22 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | — | 8 | 2 | 44 |
Roofs repaired | 91 | 39 | 97 | 56 | 85 | 48 | 57 | 88 | 33 | 28 | 28 | 42 | 120 | 64 | 876 |
Houses provided with water | |||||||||||||||
above basement floor - | 6 | 7 | 13 | 80 | 38 | 65 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 38 | 25 | 364 |
Dampness in Dwellings re | |||||||||||||||
medied - | 74 | 14 | 27 | 30 | 82 | 44 | 22 | 147 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 553 |
Houses closed under Sect. 11, Housing Act, 1925 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Repairs of Houses completed under Sect. 3, Housing | |||||||||||||||
Act, 1925 - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 15 |
Infectious Disease Cases re moved -Houses disinfected after Infec tious Diseases (including | 108 | 6 | 90 | 38 | 66 | — | 65 | — | 51 | — | 44 | 12 | 61 | 5 | 546 |
Bedding, Clothing, &c.) Rooms in such Houses dis infected after Infectious | 100 | 6 | 106 | 37 | 104 | 8 | 76 | 2 | 80 | - | 94 | 41 | 66 | 18 | 738 |
Disease -Houses cleansed under Houses | 109 | 6 | 132 | 38 | 115 | 8 | 80 | 2 | 101 | - | 151 | 61 | 156 | 50 | 1,009 |
Let in Lodgings By-laws -Verminous Houses cleansed (in cluding Bedding, Clothing, | 62 | 60 | 331 | 45 | 109 | 58 | 74 | 184 | 24 | 43 | 118 | 9 | 100 | 51 | 1,268 |
&c. Verminous Rooms cleansed in | 66 | 6 | 83 | 101 | 68 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 23 | 459 |
such Houses | 174 | 11 | 107 | 299 | 84 | 15 | 10 | 56 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 32 | 865 |
Dirty Bedding cleansed | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | 17 | — | — | 2 | — | - | 3 | — | — | — | 36 |
Dirty Bedding destroyed | - | ~~- | 5 | - | - | —- | 1 | - | - | - | - | — | - | 6 | |
Other Sanitary Works executed | 91 | 58 | 237 | 193 | 180 | 179 | 168 | 34 | 91 | 3 | 121 | 10 | 9 | 165 | 1,639 |
(Columns la, 4a, 5a and 6a in the above tables give the inspections made, notices issued and works completed in connection with the work of the two Temporary Sanitary Inspectors in the various districts in which they were engaged during the year). |