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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
City of Westminster 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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PART II.
C. House Inspection, &c.
Below is a list of details of the work done in connection with insanitary conditions in dwelling houses. In many cases some of the work specified was in premises part of which was occupied as workshops:—
| 1904. | 1904. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints received and dealt with | 935 | Sanitary Work completed:— | |
| Water-closets:— | |||
| Houses and premises inspected | 4,397 | Abolished | 1 |
| „ „ re-inspected | 16,692 | Constructed | 1,149 |
| ,, (registered), visits to | 987 | Repaired | 544 |
| Notices issued (preliminary) | 2,524 | Ventilated | 344 |
| ,, ,, (statutory) | 159 | Cleansed or limewashed | 568 |
| Sanitary Work completed:— | New pans fixed | 1,900 | |
| Houses:— | Pans and traps cleansed | 210 | |
| Closed under H.W. Classes Act | - | Obstruction removed | 67 |
| Traps ventilated | 1,173 | ||
| Closed under P.H. (London) Act | 1 | Water supply provided | 876 |
| Flushing apparatus fixed | 1,573 | ||
| Cleansed throughout | 238 | ,, repaired | 481 |
| ,, partially | 467 | Waste Pipes:— | |
| Overcrowding abated | 55 | To sinks, baths, lavatory basins, &c. | 14 |
| Light or ventilation improved | 179 | ||
| Roofs repaired | 214 | Fixed | 1,161 |
| Floors nnd staircases repaired | 250 | Repaired or unstopped | 220 |
| Underground rooms vacated | 26 | Disconnected from drain | 303 |
| Yards, areas, paved or re paired | 417 | Trapped | 1,518 |
| Ventilated | 931 | ||
| Areas drained | 4 | Water Supply:— | |
| Damp walls remedied | 14 | Provided | 743 |
| Offensive refuse removed | 169 | Reinstated | 126 |
| Keeping of animals discontinued | 29 | Cisterns fixed | 335 |
| „ cleansed | 356 | ||
| Drains:— | „ covered | 473 | |
| Constructed | 407 | ,, old, defective, abolished | 132 |
| Amended and repaired | 108 | ||
| Disconnecting traps fixed | 377 | Disconnected from w.c. supply | 81 |
| Ventilated | 450 | ||
| Tested | 1,337 | Dust Bins:— | |
| Unstopped or cleansed | 223 | Provided | 287 |
| Gully traps fixed | 1,770 | Repaired | 57 |
| Inspection chambers built | 966 | Old, abolished | 128 |
| ,, repaired or cleansed . | 187 | Stables:— | |
| Drained | 50 | ||
| Inspection chambers, cover fixed or sealed | 941 | Paved | 59 |
| Cleansed | 42 | ||
| Soil pipes fixed or repaired Ventilating pipes fixed or | 655 | Dung receptacles provided | 8 |
| ,, repaired | 1 | ||
| repaired | 513 | Dung pits abolished | 1 |
| Rainwater Pipes:— | Dung accumulations removed | 72 | |
| Fixed or repaired | 717 | ||
| Disconnected from drain | 407 | ||