Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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:-
1906. | 1906. | ||
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Complaints received and dealt with | 798 | Sanitary Work completed :-Water-closets:- | |
Premises inspected on complaint, &c. | 1,729 | Constructed | 1,150 |
Repaired | 807 | ||
„ „ re-inspected | 20,361 | Ventilated | 556 |
„ (registered), visits to | 1,905 | Separated from rooms | 95 |
Cleansed or limewashed | 847 | ||
Sanitary Work completed :- | Waste Pipes:- | ||
Houses:- | To sinks, baths, lavatory | ||
Closed under H.W. Classes | - | basins, &c. | |
Act Closed under P.H. (London) | Fixed | 694 | |
Repaired or unstopped | 235 | ||
Act | 2 | ||
Cleansed throughout | 233 | Water Supply:- | |
„ partially | 661 | Provided | 219 |
Overcrowding abated | 69 | ,, additional | 152 |
Light or ventilation improved | 168 | Reinstated | 75 |
Cisterns fixed | 339 | ||
Roofs repaired | 297 | „ cleansed | 231 |
Floors and staircases repaired | 248 | „ covered | 316 |
Underground rooms vacated | „ defective, abolished | 75 | |
Yards, areas, paved or repaired | 535 | Taps off main provided | 102 |
Pipes repaired | 95 | ||
Damp walls remedied | 46 | ||
Offensive refuse removed | 199 | Dust Bins:- | |
Keeping of animals dis | Provided | 312 | |
continued | 10 | Repaired | 36 |
Verminous premises cleansed | 55 | Fixed, abolished | 142 |
Filthy bedding | 2 | Stables:- | |
Drains:- | Drained | 31 | |
Constructed | 396 | Paved | 32 |
Amended and repaired | 485 | Cleansed | 21 |
Tested | 1,334 | Dung receptacles provided | 14 |
Dung pits abolished | 1 | ||
Rainwater Pipes:- | Dung accumulations removed | 80 | |
Fixed or repaired | 598 |
2,180 preliminary notices and 149 statutory notices were issued.