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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 1905
[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 :—
| 1905. | 1905. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints received and dealt with | 692 | Sanitary Work completed:— | |
| Water-closets:— | |||
| Houses and premises inspected | 4,663 | Constructed | 834 |
| „ „ re-inspected | 20,633 | Bepaired | 781 |
| „ (registered), visits to | 1,578 | Ventilated | 549 |
| Notices issued (preliminary) | 3,095 | S eparated from rooms | 17 |
| „ ,, (statutory) | 159 | Cleansed or limen ashed | 903 |
| Sanitary Work completed:– | New pans fixed | 1,319 | |
| Houses: — | Pans and traps cleansed | 361 | |
| Closed under H. W. Classes Act | Obstruction removed | 146 | |
| Traps ventilated | 791 | ||
| Closed under P.H. (London) Act | 1 | Water supply provided | 777 |
| Flushing apparatus fixed | 1,166 | ||
| Cleansed throughout | 236 | ,, repaired | 622 |
| „ partially | 797 | Waste Pipes:— | |
| Overcrowding abated | 120 | To sinks, baths, lavatory basins, &c. | 68 |
| Light or ventilation improved | 166 | ||
| Boofs repaired | 271 | Fixed | 750 |
| Floors and staircases repaired | 275 | Bepaired or unstopped | 336 |
| Underground rooms vacated | 54 | Disconnected from drain | 186 |
| Yards, areas, paved or repaired | 537 | Trapped | 913 |
| Ventilated | 668 | ||
| Damp walls remedied | 28 | Water Supply:— | |
| Offensive refuse removed | 231 | Provided | 511 |
| Keeping of animals discontinued | 16 | Reinstated | 81 |
| Cisterns fixed | 148 | ||
| Drains:— | „ cleansed | 262 | |
| Constructed | 302 | „ covered | 360 |
| Amended and repaired | 402 | ,, old, defective, abolished | 73 |
| Disconnecting traps fixed | 358 | ||
| Ventilated | 368 | Disconnected from w.c. supply | 85 |
| Tested | 1,324 | ||
| Unstopped or cleansed | 274 | Dust Bins:— | |
| G-ully traps fixed | 1,263 | Provided | 130 |
| Inspection chambers built | 819 | Eepaired | 133 |
| „ repaired or cleansed „ „ | 280 | Old, abolished | 66 |
| Stables:— | |||
| Inspection chambers, cover fixed or sealed | 730 | Drained | 39 |
| Paved | 27 | ||
| Soil pipes fixed or repaired | 549 | Cleansed | 31 |
| Ventilating pipes fixed or repaired | 470 | Dung receptacles provided | 24 |
| ,, repaired | 2 | ||
| New sewer connections | 109 | Dung pits abolished | 3 |
| Rainwater Pipes:— | Dung accumulations removed | 470 | |
| Fixed or repaired | 561 | ||
| Disconnected from drain | 295 |