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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Water tests applied (new drains) | 63 |
Smoke and chemical tests applied (old drains) | 40 |
Drains examined under Sec. 41, Public Health Act, 1875 | 25 |
Small-pox Contacts—Visits | 291 |
15,526 |
SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.
Drainage.
Number of houses and premises redrained | 40 |
Repairs or amendments to existing drains | 155 |
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed | 98 |
Manholes provided | 53 |
do. repaired | 36 |
Intercepting traps fixed | 18 |
New gully traps fixed | 144 |
New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed | 47 |
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired | 54 |
Fresh-air inlets provided or repaired | 73 |
Water-Closets and Sanitary Fittings. | |
New water-closet basins fixed | 202 |
Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired | 47 |
New check cisterns fitted to water-closets; existing check | |
cisterns repaired | 96 |
New sinks provided | 160 |
New lavatory basins provided | 42 |
New waste-pipes fixed | 109 |
Waste-pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped | 200 |
Miscellaneous. | |
Roofs repaired | 265 |
Eaves guttering renewed, cleansed or repaired | 173 |
Rain-water pipes provided, repaired or unstopped | |
do. disconnected from drains | 7 |
Damp walls remedied | 290 |
Damp-proof courses inserted | 128 |