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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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PART II.
C House Inspection, &c.
some of the work specified was in premises part of which was occupied as workshops:—
| 1908. | 1908. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints received and dealt | Sanitary Work completed:— | ||
| with | 883 | Drains:— | |
| Premises inspected on complaint, &c. | Manholes built | 559 | |
| 883 | repaired and | ||
| House to house inspection | 4,259 | cleansed | 208 |
| Subsequent visits | 22,612 | covers fixed or | |
| Premises (registered), visits to | 3,007 | repaired | 583 |
| Overcrowding found | 31 | Tested by smoke | 274 |
| Other infringements | 349 | chemical.. | 462 |
| Sanitary Work completed | water | 391 | |
| Houses:- | air | 29 | |
| Closed under H.W. Classes | Fresh air inlets fixed or | ||
| Act | — | repaired | 328 |
| Closed under P.H. (London) | Petrol traps provided | 9 | |
| Act | 4 | Soil Pipes:— | |
| Cleansed throughout | 268 | Fixed | 364 |
| „ partially | 880 | Ventilated | 265 |
| Overcrowding abated | 89 | Repaired | 238 |
| Light or ventilation im | Tested by smoke | 233 | |
| proved | 173 | chemical | 197 |
| Roofs repaired | 365 | air Water-closets:— | 30 |
| Floors and staircases repaired | 281 | ||
| Underground rooms vacated | 40 | Constructed | 1,192 |
| Yards, areas, paved or re | Repaired | 1,039 | |
| paired | 498 | Ventilated and light im | |
| Damp walls remedied | 183 | proved | 606 |
| Offensive refuse removed .. | 268 | Cleansed or limewashed | 818 |
| Keeping of animals dis | Ventilated lobbies provided | 332 | |
| continued | 21 | Unstopped | 116 |
| Verminous premises cleansed | 132 | Traps ventilated | 847 |
| Verminous and filthy bed | Flushing cisterns fixed | 1,378 | |
| ding, &c | 9 | repaired | 431 |
| Drains:— | Waste Pipes | ||
| Constructed | 288 | Constructed | 870 |
| Amended and repaired | 382 | Repaired | 222 |
| Ventilated | 260 | Unstopped | 67 |
| Unstopped and cleansed | 184 | Trapped | 861 |
| Interceptor traps fixed | 233 | Ventilated | 402 |
| Cleansed and sealed off from | Disconnected | 173 | |
| sewer | 153 | Rainwater Pipes | |
| Gully traps fixed | 1,075 | Fixed or repaired | 371 |
| Defective traps abolished | 215 | Disconnected from drains | 124 |