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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 1913
[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 nsanitary conditions. In many cases some of the work specified was in premises, parts of which were occupied as workshops:—
| 1913. | 1913. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints received and dealt with | 876 | Sanitary Work completed :— Drains :— | |
| Premises inspected on complaint, &c. | 956 | Manholes built | 760 |
| „ repaired and cleansed | 374 | ||
| House to house inspection | 5,379 | ||
| Subsequent visits | 25,044 | ||
| ,, covers fixed or repaired | 1,013 | ||
| Premises (registered), visits to | 6,810 | ||
| Overcrowding found | 41 | ||
| Tested by smoke | 256 | ||
| Other infringements | 1,171 | ||
| ,, chemical | 360 | ||
| Sanitary Work completed:— | „ water | 834 | |
| Houses:— Cleansed throughout | 469 | ||
| „ air | 202 | ||
| Fresh air inlets fixed or repaired | 389 | ||
| „ partially | 1,221 | ||
| Overcrowding abated—rooms | 137 | Soil Pipes:— Fixed | 537 |
| Light or ventilation improved | 358 | ||
| Ventilated | 463 | ||
| Roofs repaired | 475 | ||
| Repaired | 191 | ||
| Floors and staircases repaired | 384 | ||
| Tested by smoke | 243 | ||
| Tested by chemical | 247 | ||
| Underground rooms:— Illegal use | 30 | ||
| „ water .. | 162 | ||
| ,, air | 250 | ||
| Closed | 35 | ||
| Yards, areas, paved or repaired | 574 | Water-closets:— Constructed | 1,715 |
| Damp wails remedied | 270 | Repaired | 1,111 |
| Offensive refuse removed | 364 | Ventilated and light improved | 427 |
| Keeping of animals discontinued | 23 | ||
| Cleansed or limewashed | 1,049 | ||
| Verminous premises cleansed | 228 | Ventilated lobbies provided | 380 |
| Filthy or unwholesome bed- ding, &c. | 8 | ||
| Unstopped | 134 | ||
| Drains:— Constructed | 391 | Traps ventilated | 1,162 |
| Flushing cisterns fixed | 1,523 | ||
| Amended and repaired | 318 | „ „ repaired | 389 |
| V entilated | 327 | Waste Pipes:— Constructed | 1,647 |
| Unstopped and cleansed | 164 | ||
| Interceptor traps fixed | 227 | Repaired | 280 |
| Cleansed and sealed off from sewer | 88 | Unstopped | 65 |
| Trapped | 2,034 | ||
| Gully traps fixed | 1,296 | Ventilated | 1,455 |
| Defective traps abolished | 309 | Disconnected | 554 |