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Hornsey 1926

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

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Intercepting traps fixed
New gullv traps fixed
New soil-pipes and ventilating shafts fixed
Soil-pipes and ventilating shafts repaired
Water tests applied
Smoke tests applied
Drains examined, Public Health Act, 1875 (Section 41)
Water-closets and Sanitary Fittings.—
New water-closet basins fixed
Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired
New check cisterns fitted to water-closets
Existing check cisterns repaired
Water-closet apartments repaired
New impervious sinks provided
New waste-pipes fixed
Waste-pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped
Miscellaneous.—
Roofs repaired
Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired
New eaves guttering provided
Rain-water pipes provided
Rain-water pipes repaired or unstopped
Stack pipes disconnected from drains
Damp walls remedied
Paving of yards repaired
Floors of rooms repaired
Rooms cleansed, distempered or re-papered
Workrooms cleansed and repaired
Drinking-water cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered
Movable sanitary dustbins provided
Accumulations of manure and refuse removed
Stoves and ranges repaired
Coppers repaired
Miscellaneous
Infectious Disease and Disinfection.—
Number of rooms fumigated after infectious disease
Verminous rooms fumigated
Number of articles disinfected
Number of articles destroyed
21
87
25
43
68
142
7
79
65
16
57
10
38
22
123
295
139
47
17
108
6
93
125
84
532
49
138
111
65
17
20
564
645
83
7,521
238