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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED
Drainage
Number of houses and premises redrained 84
Repairs or amendments to existing drains 188
Drains or gullies unstopped or cleansed 184
Manholes provided or repaired 40
Intercepting traps fixed 30
Soil and ventilation pipes repaired or renewed28
Water-Closet and Sanitary Fittings
Water-closets and sanitary fittings provided 2
Water-closet buildings provided or repaired 8
Water-closet pans provided or renewed 54
Water-closets unstopped, cleansed or repaired 12
Flushing cisterns provided or repaired 19
New sinks provided 16
New lavatory basins provided 13
Waste pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped 71
Baths provided or made usable 8
General
Roofs repaired 169
Rain-water gutters, renewed or repaired 69
Rain-water pipes provided or repaired 57
Dampness remedied 72
Damp-proof courses provided 5
Yard paving provided or repaired 34
Rooms cleansed 45
Floors repaired 45
Windows, doors, skylights, sashcords and fittings repaired 84
Window-sills repaired 15
Water-cisterns repaired, cleansed or covered 2
Water supply pipes repaired 7
Stoves, ranges, renewed or repaired 15
Flues and chimneys repaired 15
Accumulation of refuse removed 12
Dustbins provided 14
Miscellaneous items 91
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