London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1958
[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:
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 | |
| Proper and sufficient supply provided | 1 |
| Waterclosets | |
| Compartments cleansed and/or repaired | 4 |
| Water supplied, flushing cistern repaired | 4 |
| Unstopped | 2 |
| Drainage | |
| Soil pipes, repaired, renewed or ventilated | 2 |
| Rainwater pipes, repaired or renewed | 6 |
| Drains unstopped or cleansed | 6 |
| Sinks | |
| Waste pipes repaired, renewed or unstopped | 3 |
| Yards, Areas and Washhouses | |
| Drained or drains unstopped | 2 |
| Houses and Workshops, etc. | |
| Rooms repaired | 16 |
| Passages and staircases repaired | 3 |
| Fireplaces, repaired or renewed | 5 |
| Flues repaired | 1 |
| Ventilation improved | 14 |
| Dampness | |
| Roofs repaired | 19 |
| Gutters repaired | 2 |
| Other works to prevent dampness | 12 |
| Ashbins | |
| Provided, repaired, etc. | 1 |
| Various | |
| Accumulations of refuse removed | 6 |
| Other defects remedied | 7 |