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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Water Closets Pan closets and containers replaced by efficient
pans | 7 |
„ provided with flushing cisterns | 29 |
,, flushing cisterns repaired | 81 |
,, flush, disconnected from drinking water cistern | 20 |
,, additional or separate, provided in Factories and Workshops | 1 |
„ apartments ventilated or lighted | 2 |
Soil-pipes repaired | 18 |
„ ventilated | 16 |
,, increased ventilation provided | 13 |
,, reconstructed | 6 |
Ventilating shaft repaired | 39 |
„ provided | 16 |
Defective sink structures abolished | 4 |
Waste-pipes, sink waste-pipes disconnected from drain | 39 |
,, bath and lavatory waste pipes ,, ,, ,, | 8 |
„ provided to sinks | 5 |
,, repaired | 35 |
„ trapped with lead traps | 2 |
Rainwater pipes disconnected from drain | 218 |
„ repaired | 42 |
„ provided | 12 |
Eaves guttering provided | 12 |
,, repaired | 100 |
Gully traps replaced with stoneware gullies | 106 |
„ unstopped | 12 |
,, provided | 18 |
,, cement work around, repaired | 11 |
Yards, paving repaired | 46 |
„ paved and drained | 94 |
„ provided with drainage | 9 |
., cleansed | 5 |
Dust bins provided | 153 |
Cisterns repaired and covered | 52 |
„ cleansed | 4 |
Houses cleansed and whitewashed | 102 |
„ dry areas provided | 4 |