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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Holborn 1921
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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The total number of notices served for nuisances found in dwelling houses
and factories, workshops and workplaces, and premises that are subject to various
by-laws, was 1920, viz.:—
Public Health (London) Act, 1891—
Intimation Notices 824
Statutory Notices 99
By-laws as to Houses let in Lodgings 908
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904—
Vermin 69
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 20
1,920
The following table shows the work done to abate nuisances for which intimation notices were served:—
| Water Supply— | |
| Provided | 7 |
| Cisterns, cleansed, repaired, covered, etc. | 52 |
| Waterclosets— | |
| Cleansed 50 | |
| Water supplied, flushing cistern repaired etc. | 83 |
| Repaired, new pans, etc. | 177 |
| Ventilation improved | 13 |
| New supplied where accommodation insufficient | 3 |
| Separate accommodation for sexes provided | 8 |
| Soil Pipes— | |
| Repaired, renewed and ventilated | 6 |
| Rainwater Pipes— | * |
| Repaired or renewed | 25 |
| Drains— | |
| Repaired | 21 |
| Unstopped, cleansed etc. | 37 |
| Sinks, etc. | |
| Waste pipes, repaired, renewed etc. | 46 |
| Yards, Areas and Washhouses— | |
| Cleansed | 55 |
| Paved and paving repaired | 33 |
| Houses and Workshops, etc. | |
| Cleansed | 243 |
| Dilapidations repaired and made good | 118 |