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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 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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statement applies with still greater force on this occasion. In certain
large buildings a careful examination of the drainage system frequently
involves several whole days being devoted to this purpose by a sanitary
inspector.

Table: Table III.

Table III.

Inspection of premises:—Stables:—Cleansed16
Complaints received995Dung accumulations removed24
Total Primary Inspections3,740
Inspected on Complaint1,083Sanitary work supervised:—
„ Infectious Disease417Drains:—
„ Housing Regulations, 1925555Constructed544
Amended and repaired199
Re-inspections18,065Ventilated208
Houses let in lodgings (visits)4,837Interceptor traps fixed144
Overcrowded (houses)12Sealed off from sewer36
Other infringements247Gully traps fixedDefective traps abolished Manholes built852 51 572
Nuisances and other matters dealt with:—,, repaired313
„ covers fixed or repaired578
Houses, cleansed throughout234Tested by smoke116
„ „ partially683,, chemical198
Overcrowding (rooms)59„ water887
Light or ventilation improved265air48
Roofs repaired341Fresh air inlets fixed or repaired356
Floors and staircases repaired292
Underground rooms:—Soil Pipes:—
Illegal use2Fixed532
Closed—Ventilated408
Yards, areas, paved or repaired276Repaired241
Tested by smoke218
Damp walls remedied174,, chemical190
Offensive refuse removed151„ water24
Keeping of animals discontinued17„ air413
Water-closets:—
Verminous premises cleansed174Constructed2,171
Drains unstopped180Repaired447
Waste-pipes „111Traps ventilated1,301
Urinals cleansed58Flushing cisterns fixed1,722
Water-closets:—„ „ repaired411
Cleansed or limewashed529Waste Pipes:—
Unstopped127Constructed1,365
Ventilation and light improved293Repaired252
Trapped3,021
Ventilated lobbies provided25Ventilated2,735
Dust-bins provided279Disconnected from drain231
,, repaired15Rainwater Pipes:—
Water Supply:—Fixed or repaired549
Provided202Disconnected from drains77
„ additional in tenement houses44Urinals:—
Constructed549
Re-instated13Repaired or improved77
Cisterns fixed189Stables:—
„ cleansed196Drained2
,, covered204Paved3
„ abolished42Dung receptacles provided1
Taps off main provided361Garages constructed43
Pipes repaired254Petrol interceptors provided6