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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Public Health (London) Act, 1936
Summary of work carried out in respect of nuisances found to exist in dwelling houses, houses let in lodgings, shops, factories, food premises, and on bombed sites:
| Water Supply | |
| Burst Water service pipes repaired | 4 |
| Waterclosets | |
| Compartments cleansed and/or repaired | 5 |
| Water supplied, flushing cistern repaired | 10 |
| New W.C. pans provided | 2 |
| Waterclosets unstopped | 1 |
| Drainage | |
| Soil pipes, repaired, renewed or ventilated | 7 |
| Rainwater pipes, repaired or renewed | 7 |
| New manhole covers provided | 1 |
| Drains unstopped or cleansed | 9 |
| Sinks | |
| Waste pipes repaired or renewed | 1 |
| Yards, Areas and Washhouses | |
| Cleansed | 1 |
| Drained | 1 |
| Paved, or paving repaired | 1 |
| Houses and Workshops, etc. | |
| Rooms cleansed | 16 |
| Passages and staircases cleansed | 3 |
| Rooms repaired | 49 |
| Passages and staircases repaired | 7 |
| Fireplaces, repaired or renewed | 6 |
| Flues repaired | 2 |
| Dampness | |
| Roofs repaired | 8 |
| Gutters repaired | 2 |
| Other works to prevent dampness | 21 |
| Ashbins | |
| Provided, repaired, etc. | 3 |
| Various | |
| Accumulations of refuse removed | 13 |
| Animals improperly kept | 1 |
| Emission of black smoke | 1 |
| Other defects remedied | 5 |