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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 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: Water Closets Pan closets and containers replaced by efficient

Water Closets Pan closets and containers replaced by efficient

pans7
„ provided with flushing cisterns29
,, flushing cisterns repaired81
,, flush, disconnected from drinking water cistern20
,, additional or separate, provided in Factories and Workshops1
„ apartments ventilated or lighted2
Soil-pipes repaired18
„ ventilated16
,, increased ventilation provided13
,, reconstructed6
Ventilating shaft repaired39
„ provided16
Defective sink structures abolished4
Waste-pipes, sink waste-pipes disconnected from drain39
,, bath and lavatory waste pipes ,, ,, ,,8
„ provided to sinks5
,, repaired35
„ trapped with lead traps2
Rainwater pipes disconnected from drain218
„ repaired42
„ provided12
Eaves guttering provided12
,, repaired100
Gully traps replaced with stoneware gullies106
„ unstopped12
,, provided18
,, cement work around, repaired11
Yards, paving repaired46
„ paved and drained94
„ provided with drainage9
., cleansed5
Dust bins provided153
Cisterns repaired and covered52
„ cleansed4
Houses cleansed and whitewashed102
„ dry areas provided4