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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 1910

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

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Table: No. 3. BOROUGH OF HORNSEY—SANITARY WORK, 1910.

No. 3. BOROUGH OF HORNSEY—SANITARY WORK, 1910.

Name of Sanitary District.Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings.Disinfection.Dust.Sundry nuisanoes abated.
Water Closets.Percentage of Houses Provided with Water ClosetF.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.Rooms disinfected a Ordinary infectious disease, b Phthisis.Rooms Stripped & Cleansed.Articles disinfected or destroyedi a Ordinary infectious disease, b Phthisin.New 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, &c., and Stagnant Water.Foul Pigs and other Animals.Dampness.Yard6 repaved or repaired.Other Nuisances.
Number of Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles.Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved.Examined, Tested, Exposed,&.cUnstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &cWaste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, Disconnected. Repaired, &c1 New Soil Pipes or Venti ' lating Shafts fixed.Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired.Disconnecting-Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, &c.Abolished, & Drain Connected to Sewer.
HORNSEY.-314100%33514330288346991--100°/°a 529b 33224a 12,526b 33663Once from houses, twice from flats each week.49a Destructor51135-7909270