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 1963
[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 | |
| Proper and sufficient supply provided | 1 |
| Cisterns, cleansed, repaired or renewed | — |
| Service pipes repaired | 4 |
| Waterclosets | |
| Compartments cleansed and/or repaired | 83 |
| Water supplied, flushing cistern repaired | 36 |
| New W.C. pan provided | 20 |
| Ventilation improved or provided | 52 |
| Additional accommodation provided | — |
| Urinals cleansed and/or repaired | — |
| Unstopped | 1 |
| Drainage | |
| Soil pipes, repaired, renewed or ventilated | 19 |
| Rainwater pipes, repaired or renewed | 4 |
| Drains unstopped or cleansed | 1 |
| Drains repaired or relaid | 2 |
| New manhole covers provided | — |
| Sinks | |
| Defective sinks renewed | 9 |
| Waste pipes repaired, renewed or unstopped | 14 |
| Yards, Areas and Washhouses | |
| Cleansed | 2 |
| Drained or drains unstopped | 2 |
| Paved or paving repaired | 8 |
| Houses and Workshops, etc. | |
| Rooms cleansed or repaired | 106 |
| Passages and staircases cleansed or repaired | 8 |
| Ventilation improved | 120 |
| Dampness | |
| Roofs repaired | 23 |
| Gutters repaired | 33 |
| Other works to prevent dampness | 66 |
| Ashbins | |
| Provided, repaired, etc | 1 |
| Various | |
| Accumulations of refuse removed | 10 |
| Improper keeping of animals remedied | — |
| Noise nuisance abated | — |
| Dust nuisance abated | — |
| Emission of black smoke abated | — |