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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
Wandsworth 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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removal of house-refuse from the house, of properly trapped
and disconnected waste-pipes, of ventilated and well constructed
drains in which no deposit occurs, of drinking
water cisterns which do not supply the water-closet, but
are properly covered and frequently cleansed, and of
the avoidance of decomposition of whatever description.