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 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