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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
Acton 1902
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Ventilating shafts repaired | 27 |
| „ provided | 6 |
| Waste-pipes, sink waste-pipes disconnected from drain | 39 |
| „ bath and lavatory waste-pipes | 5 |
| „ bath and lavatory waste-pipes disconnected from soil-pipes - | 4 |
| „ repaired | 33 |
| „ trapped with lead traps | 5 |
| Rainwater-pipes disconnected from drain | 220 |
| „ repaired | 41 |
| „ provided | 10 |
| Eaves guttering provided | 27 |
| „ repaired | 35 |
| Gully traps replaced with stoneware gullies | 184 |
| „ unstopped | 25 |
| „ provided | 48 |
| „ cement work around, repaired | 20 |
| Yards, paving repaired | 116 |
| „ paved and drained | 58 |
| „ cleansed | 10 |
| Dust-bins provided | 215 |
| Cisterns repaired and covered | 24 |
| „ cleansed | 15 |
| Houses cleansed and whitewashed | 180 |
| „ plastering of walls and ceilings repaired | 52 |
| Workshops cleansed and limewashed | 26 |
| Roofs of houses repaired | 42 |
| Floors of houses repaired or relaid | 73 |
| „ workshops repaired or relaid | 24 |
| „ stables repaired or relaid | 9 |
| Dampness of house walls remedied | 6 |
| Accumulations of refuse removed | 17 |
| „ manure removed | 25 |
| ,, water in cellars removed | 5 |
| Manure receptacles provided | 21 |
| Animals, fowls, &c., nuisances from, abated | 31 |
| Overcrowding, number of cases abated | 9 |
| Smoke nuisances, number of cases dealt with | 7 |
| Privies abolished and earth-closets provided | 3 |
| Water supply provided to houses | 4 |
| Miscellaneous nuisances abated | 42 |
Notices.—776 Preliminary Notices and 153 Statutory Notices
have been served for the abatement of Nuisances, and the necessary