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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 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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| Smoke tests applied | 132 |
| Drains examined, Public Health Act, 1875 (Section 41) | 20 |
| New water-closet basins fixed | 135 |
| Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired | 65 |
| New check cisterns fitted to water-closets | 17 |
| Existing check cisterns repaired | 53 |
| New impervious sinks provided | 80 |
| New waste-pipes fixed | 46 |
| Waste-pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped | 229 |
| Roofs repaired | 294 |
| Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired | 194 |
| New eaves guttering provided | 43 |
| Rain-water pipes provided | 52 |
| Rain-water pipes repaired or unstopped | 110 |
| Stack pipes disconnected from drains | 14 |
| Damp walls remedied | 186 |
| Paving of yards repaired | 212 |
| Structural repairs of premises | 402 |
| Rooms cleansed, distempered or re-papered | 629 |
| Workrooms cleansed and repaired | 8 |
| Drinking-water cisterns repaired, cleansed and covered | 103 |
| Movable sanitary dustbins provided | 116 |
| Accumulations of manure and refuse removed | 23 |
| Stoves and ranges repaired | 32 |
| Coppers repaired | 30 |
| Miscellaneous | 274 |
| Number of rooms fumigated after notifiable infectious disease | 502 |
| Number of rooms fumigated after non-notifiable diseases | 160 |
| Number of rooms fumigated after T.B. | 46 |
| Verminous rooms fumigated | 59 |
| Number of articles disinfected | 9,497 |
| Number of articles destroyed | 191 |