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 | 306 |
Foul traps and pans of w.c.'s cleansed or new ones substituted | 31 |
Public-house urinals cleansed (after intimation) | 2 |
Flushing cisterns to w.c.'s provided or repaired, and w.c.'s with insufficient water supply made satisfactory | 61 |
Defective w.c. basins and traps removed and replaced by approved patterns | 92 |
Stopped or choked w.c. traps cleared | 10 |
External ventilation to w.c.'s improved | 5 |
W.c's removed to more sanitary 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 of insufficient w.c. accommodation | 17 |
Defective soil-pipes reconstructed | 31 |
Soil-pipes improperly ventilated, improved | |
Unventilated soil-pipes ventilated | 38 |
Dirty yards cleansed | 10 |
Yards paved or re-paved with impervious material | 49 |
Yards drained | 4 |
Gully and other traps inside houses removed | 3 |
Sink waste-pipes directly connected to drain, made to discharge in open-air over proper syphon gullies | - |
Long lengths of sink, bath, and lavatory waste-pipes trapped, and made to discharge in open-air over gullies | 19 |
Defective waste-pipes repaired Foul water-cistern cleansed | 7 |
Water-cisterns without close-fitting covers provided with proper coverings | 40 |
Defects in water-cisterns remedied | 9 |
Cisterns removed to more sanitary position | 2 |
New portable dust-bins provided | 221 |
Defective drainage re-constructed in accordance with bylaws of London County Council | 134 |
Choked or stopped drains cleared and repaired | I51 |
Carried forward | 1.247 |