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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 1909
[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 insanitai-y conditions. In many cases some of the work specified was in premises part of which was occupied as workshops:—
| 1909. | 1909. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints received and dealt with | 838 | Sanitary Work completed :— Drains :— | |
| Premises inspected on complaint, &c. | 964 | Manholes built ,, repaired and | 615 |
| House to house inspection | 5,003 | cleansed | 203 |
| Subsequent visits | 21,971 | „ covers fixed or repaired | 670 |
| Premises (registered), visits to | 2,112 | ||
| Overcrowding found | 32 | Tested by smoke | 225 |
| Other infringements | 770 | ,, chemical | 327 |
| Sanitary Work completed:— Houses:— | „ water | 385 | |
| air | 27 | ||
| Closed under H.W. Classes Act | - | Fresh air inlets fixed or repaired | 292 |
| Closed under P.H. (London) Act | 4 | Petrol traps provided | 5 |
| Cleansed throughout | 404 | Soil Pipes:— | |
| „ partially | 1,113 | Fixed | 352 |
| Overcrowding abated | 72 | Ventilated | 285 |
| Light or ventilation improved | 292 | Repaired | 192 |
| Tested by smoke | 165 | ||
| Roofs repaired | 389 | „ chemical | 235 |
| Floors and staircases repaired | 402 | „ air | 17 |
| Underground rooms vacated | 42 | ||
| Yards, areas, paved or repaired | 604 | Water-closets:— | |
| Constructed | 950 | ||
| Damp walls remedied | 208 | Repaired | 1,013 |
| Offensive refuse removed | 330 | Ventilated and light improved | 317 |
| Keeping of animals discontinued | 23 | ||
| Cleansed or limewashed | 1,024 | ||
| Verminous premises cleansed | 191 | Ventilated lobbies provided | 260 |
| Verminous and filthy bedding and other articles | 2,358 | Unstopped | 125 |
| Traps ventilated | 514 | ||
| Drains:— | Flushing cisterns fixed | 996 | |
| Constructed | 339 | „ „ repaired | 385 |
| Amended and repaired | 349 | ||
| Ventilated | 277 | Waste Pipes:— | |
| Unstopped and cleansed | 218 | Constructed | 822 |
| Interceptor traps fixed | 233 | Repaired | 229 |
| Cleansed and sealed off from sewer | 99 | Unstopped | 76 |
| Trapped | 731 | ||
| Gully traps fixed | 1,141 | V entilated | 382 |
| Defective traps abolished | 193 | Disconnected | 154 |