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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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Passages 18
Drainage 149
Drainage Fee tests 1 2
Water tests applied (new drains) 60
Smoke and chemical tests applied (old drains) 80
Drains examined under Sees. 48 and 287. Public Health
Act, 1936 3
11,648
NOTICES.
The Notices served during the year are as follows: —
Under the—
Verbal
Preliminary
Statutory
Public Health and Housing Acts
424
731
32
Housing Bye-laws
—
53
15
Shops Acts
71
54
—
Factory Acts
—
3
3
495
841
50
SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS
CARRIED OUT.
Drainage.
Number of houses and promises redrained 48
Repairs or amendments to existing drains 109
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed 43
Manholes provided 52
do. repaired 36
Intercepting traps fixed 4
New gulley traps fixed 99
New soil pipes and ventilating shafts fixed 55
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired 25
Fresh-air inlets provided or repaired 37