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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 1964

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: 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:

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 provided6
Cisterns, cleansed, repaired or renewed—
Service pipes repaired2
Waterclosets
Compartments cleansed and/or repaired51
Water supplied, flushing cistern repaired16
New W.C. pan provided8
Ventilation improved or provided1
Additional accommodation provided—
Urinals cleansed and/or repaired—
Unstopped—
Drainage
Soil pipes, repaired, renewed or ventilated4
Rainwater pipes, repaired or renewed1
Drains unstopped or cleansed2
Drains repaired or relaid1
New manhole covers provided1
Sinks
Defective sinks renewed2
Waste pipes repaired, renewed or unstopped7
Yards, Areas and Washhouses
Cleansed1
Drained or drains unstopped1
Paved or paving repaired2
Houses and Workshops, etc.
Rooms cleansed or repaired56
Passages and staircases cleansed or repaired10
Ventilation improved12
Dampness
Roofs repaired1
Gutters repaired—
Other works to prevent dampness27
Ashbins
Provided, repaired, etc.1
Various
Accumulations of refuse removed7
Improper keeping of animals remedied—
Noise nuisance abated1
Dust nuisance abated1
Emission of black smoke abated—