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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 1907
[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 many cases some of the work specified was in premises part of which was occupied as workshops:—
| 1907. | 1907. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints received and dealt with | 904 | Sanitary Work completed :— Water-closets:— | |
| Premises inspected on complaint, &c. | 1,777 | Constructed | 866 |
| Repaired | 1,164 | ||
| House to house inspection | 3,649 | Ventilated | 420 |
| Premises inspected on complaint, &c., re-inspected | 18,562 | Separated from rooms | 254 |
| Cleansed or limewashed | 862 | ||
| Premises (registered), visits to | 2,237 | Urinals:— | |
| Overcrowding found | 17 | ||
| Other infringements | . 293 | Constructed | 126 |
| Sanitary Work completed :— Houses:— | Repaired or improved | 48 | |
| Cleansed | 49 | ||
| Waste Pipes:— | |||
| Closed under H.W. Classes Act | - | ||
| To sinks, baths, lavatory basins, &c., fixed | 631 | ||
| Closed under P.H. (London) Act | 7 | ||
| Repaired or unstopped | 431 | ||
| Cleansed throughout | 241 | Water Supply :— | |
| ,, partially | 697 | ||
| Overcrowding abated | 71 | Provided | 90 |
| Light or ventilation improved | 121 | ,, additional | 948 |
| Reinstated | 103 | ||
| Roofs repaired | 269 | Cisterns fixed | 188 |
| Floors and staircases repaired | 191 | „ cleansed | 211 |
| Underground rooms vacated | 47 | „ covered | 233 |
| Yards, areas, paved or repaired | 413 | „ defective, abolished | 85 |
| Taps off main provided | 220 | ||
| Damp walls remedied | 87 | Pipes repaired | 165 |
| Offensive refuse removed | 211 | Dust Bins :— | |
| Keeping of animals discontinued | 18 | ||
| Provided | 310 | ||
| Yerminous premises cleansed | 119 | Repaired | 40 |
| Yerminous and filthy bedding, &c. | 1,939 | Fixed, abolished | 131 |
| Drains :— | Stables:— | ||
| Drained | 33 | ||
| Constructed | 345 | ||
| Paved | 27 | ||
| Amended and repaired | 766 | ||
| Cleansed | 23 | ||
| Tested | 1,365 | ||
| Dung receptacles provided | 11 | ||
| .Rainwater Pipes :— | Dung accumulations removed | 47 | |
| Fixed or repaired | 554 | ||
| 3,326 preliminary notices and 189 statutory notices were issued. | |||