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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Waterclosets additional or separate, provided in Factories and Workshops | 9 |
| „ apartment, foul and dilapidated | 23 |
| Soil-pipes repaired | 11 |
| „ ventilated | 19 |
| „ increased ventilation provided | 17 |
| „ reconstructed | 14 |
| Want of stopper to interceptor | 10 |
| Ventilating shafts repaired | 15 |
| „ provided | 82 |
| Waste-pipes, sink waste-pipes disconnected from drain | 57 |
| „ „ stopped | 5 |
| „ bath and lavatory waste-pipes disconnected from drain | 13 |
| Sinks, new, provided | 4 |
| „ repaired | 61 |
| „ trapped with lead traps | 28 |
| Rainwater-pipes disconnected from drain | 160 |
| „ repaired | 68 |
| „ provided | 17 |
| Eaves guttering provided | 25 |
| „ repaired | 64 |
| Gully traps replaced with stoneware gullies | 97 |
| „ removed from improper situations | 8 |
| „ unstopped | 9 |
| „ provided | 24 |
| „ grids provided to | 15 |
| „ cement work around, repaired | 38 |
| Yards, paving repaired | 102 |
| „ paved and drained | 70 |
| „ cleansed | 48 |
| Dust-bins provided | 293 |
| Ashpits, foul and defective, remedied | 54 |
| Cisterns repaired and covered | 33 |
| „ cleansed | 21 |
| „ removed from improper position | 4 |
| Houses cleansed and whitewashed | 364 |