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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 1921
[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, parts of which were occupied as workshops:—
| 1921. | 1921. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Complaints received and dealt with | 920 | Sanitary Work completed:— | |
| Drains:— | |||
| Premises inspected on complaint, | 1,670 | Manholes built | 474 |
| House to house inspection | 3,655 | „ repaired and cleansed | 298 |
| Subsequent visits | 21,046 | ||
| Premises (registered), visits to | 1,784 | ,, covers fixed or repaired | 569 |
| Overcrowding found | - | ||
| Tested by smoke | 38 | ||
| Other infringements | 304 | ,, chemical | 197 |
| Sanitary Work completed:— | ,, water | 403 | |
| Houses:— | „ air | 20 | |
| Cleansed throughout | 282 | ||
| „ partially | 979 | Fresh air inlets fixed or repaired | 195 |
| Overcrowding—rooms | 3 | Soil Pipes:— | |
| Light or ventilation improved | 446 | ||
| Fixed | 280 | ||
| Roofs repaired | 549 | Ventilated | 256 |
| Floors and staircases repaired | 735 | Repaired | 262 |
| Tested by smoke | 108 | ||
| Underground rooms:— | „ chemical. | 190 | |
| Illegal use | 19 | „ water | 42 |
| Closed | 1 | „ air | 172 |
| Yards, areas, paved or repaired | 447 | Water-closets:— | |
| Constructed | 1,288 | ||
| Damp walls remedied | 265 | Repaired | 635 |
| Offensive refuse removed | 293 | Ventilated and light improved | 467 |
| Keeping of animals discontinued | 42 | ||
| Cleansed or limewashed | 1,228 | ||
| Verminous premises cleansed | 323 | Ventilated lobbies provided | 336 |
| Filthy or unwholesome bedding, &c. | 6 | ||
| Unstopped | 101 | ||
| Drains:— | Traps ventilated | 890 | |
| Constructed | 195 | Flushing cisterns fixed | 1,282 |
| Amended and repaired | 270 | „ „ repaired | 379 |
| Ventilated | 173 | Waste Pipes:— | |
| Unstopped and cleansed | 139 | Constructed | 1,537 |
| Interceptor traps fixed | 143 | Repaired | 274 |
| Cleansed and scaled off from sewer | 48 | Unstopped | 66 |
| Trapped | 2,192 | ||
| Gully traps fixed | 867 | Ventilated | 1,739 |
| Defective traps abolished | 218 | Disconnected from drain | 854 |