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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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 |