Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 |