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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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PART II.
C. House Inspection, &. Below is a list of details of the work done in connection with insanitary conditions. In many cases some of the work specified was i n premises, parts of which were occupied as workshops:—
| 1915. | 1915. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints received and dealt with | 830 | Sanitary Work completed:— | |
| Drains:— | |||
| Premises inspected on complaint, &. | 942 | Defective traps abolished | 238 |
| Manholes built | 533 | ||
| House to house inspection | 5,724 | ,, repaired and cleansed | 287 |
| Subsequent visits | 22,516 | ||
| Premises (registered), visits to | 8,982 | „ covers fixed or repaired | 621 |
| Overcrowding found | 20 | ||
| Other infringements | 989 | Tested by smoke | 205 |
| Sanitary Work completed:— | „ chemical | 186 | |
| Houses:— | „ water | 494 | |
| Cleansed throughout | 272 | „ air | 49 |
| „ partially | 1,059 | Fresh air inlets fixed or repaired | 285 |
| Overcrowding abated—rooms | 29 | ||
| Light or ventilation improved | 229 | Soil Pipes:— | |
| Fixed | 304 | ||
| Roofs repaired | 82 | Ventilated | 206 |
| Floors and staircases re-paired | 420 | Repaired | 241 |
| Tested by smoke | 200 | ||
| Underground rooms:- | Tested by chemical | 193 | |
| Illegal use | 12 | „ water | 152 |
| Closed | 8 | „ air | 158 |
| Illegal occupation discontinued | 3 | Water-closets:- | |
| Yards, areas, paved or repaired | 504 | Constructed | 858 |
| Repaired | 844 | ||
| Damp walls remedied | 194 | Ventilated and light improved | 340 |
| Offensive refuse removed | 322 | ||
| Keeping of animals discontinued | 16 | Cleansed or limewashed | 975 |
| Verminous premises cleansed | 243 | Ventilated lobbies provided | 311 |
| Filthy or unwholesome bedding, &c. | 8 | Unstopped | 128 |
| Traps ventilated | 860 | ||
| Drains:— | Flushing cisterns fixed | 1,110 | |
| Constructed | 253 | „ „ repaired | 403 |
| Amended and repaired | 273 | Waste Pipes:— | |
| Ventilated | 241 | Constructed | 1,113 |
| Unstopped and cleansed | 168 | Repaired | 172 |
| Interceptor traps fixed | 165 | Unstopped | 66 |
| Cleansed and sealed off from sewer | 47 | Trapped | 1,673 |
| Ventilated | 1,224 | ||
| Gully traps fixed | 1,041 | Disconnected | 257 |