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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

Hornsey 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: No. 3 BOROUGH OK HORNSEY.—SANITARY WORK, 1909.

No. 3 BOROUGH OK HORNSEY.—SANITARY WORK, 1909.

Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings.Disinfection.Dust.Sundry nuisances abated.
Name of Sanitary District.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.Rooms disinfected a Ordinary infectious disease, 6 Phthisis.Rooms Stripped A Cleansed.Articles disinfected or destroyed. a Ordinary infectious disease. b PhthisisNew bins provided.How frequently is dust removed from each house?Number of complaints of non-removal received.Method of Disposal a Destructor, b by Tipping, c Other state method.Overcrowding.Smoke.Accumulations of refuse.Foul Ditches, Ponds, Ac., and Stagnant Water.Foul and other Animals.Dampness.Yards repaved or repaired.Other Nuisanses
Number of Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles.Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved.Examined, Tested, Exposed, Ac.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c.Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, Disconnected. Repaired, Ac.New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts fixed.Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired.Disconnecting-Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, Ac.Abolished, A Drain Connected to Sewer.
HORNSEY.-306100%30712433586638892—-100%a 534b 39192a 13,762b 288108Once from houses, twice from flats each week.77a Destructor66231—6658220