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 Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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Brought forward 27 2
Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed or new ones substituted
Public-house urinals cleansed (after intimation) 91
Flushing cisterns to w.c.'s provided or repaired, and w.c.'s with
insufficient water supply made satisfactory 43
Defective w.c. basins and traps removed and replaced by
approved patterns 88
Stopped or choked w.c. traps cleared 12
External ventilation to w.c.'s improved 4
W.c.'s removed to more sanitar) positions 4
Separate flushing cisterns fixed to w.c.'s which were previously
flushed directly from dietary cistern 1
Additional w.c.'s provided in case af insufficient w.c.
accommodation 17
Defective soil-pipes reconstructed 22
Soil-pipes improperly ventilated, improved 28
Unventilated soil-pipes ventilated
Dirty yards cleansed 12
Yards paved or re-paved with impervious material 54
Yards drained 10
Gully and other traps inside houses
Sink waste-pipes directly connected to drain, made to discharge
in open-air over proper syphon gullies 2
Long lengths of sink, bath, and lavatory waste-pipes trapped,
and made to discharge in open-air over gullies 45
Defective waste-pipes repaired 13
Foul water-cisterns cleansed
Water-cisterns without close-fitting covers provided with 34
proper coverings
Defects in water-cisterns remedied 3
Cisterns removed to more sanitary position 3
Defective dust-bins pulled down and new portable dust-bins
provided 45
Defective drainage re-constructed in accordance with the bylaws
of London County Council 150
Choked or stopped drains cleared and repaired 125
Carried forward 1,078