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, new, provided | 86 | 84 | 170 |
,, new pans provided to | 1 | 21 | 22 |
,, unstopped and cleansed | 17 | 31 | 48 |
,, pan closets and containers replaced by efficient pans | - | 1 | 1 |
,, provided with new flushing cisterns | 20 | 89 | 109 |
„ flushing cisterns repaired | 25 | 51 | 76 |
„ flush, disconnected from drinking water cistern | - | 9 | 9 |
„ additional or separate, provided in Factories and workshops | - | - | - |
,, apartment, foul and dilapidated | 10 | 11. | 21 |
„ water supply laid on to | 1 | - | 1 |
Soil Pipes repaired | 2 | 4 | 6 |
„ ventilated | 7 | 11 | 18 |
,, increased ventilation provided to | 1 | 4 | 5 |
„ reconstructed | 20 | 11 | 31 |
Want of stoppers to interceptors | 37 | 119 | 156 |
Ventilating shafts repaired | 5 | 11 | 16 |
Waste Pipes, sink, disconnected from drain | 8 | 16 | 24 |
„ trapped with lead traps | 57 | 42 | 99 |
,, unstopped or repaired | 7 | 14 | 21 |
,, bath and lavatory, disconnected from drain | 3 | 9 | 12 |
Sinks, new, provided | - | 5 | 5 |
„ repaired | 4 | 10 | 14 |
Rainwater Pipes disconnected from drain | 45 | 48 | 93 |
„ repaired | 6 | 5 | 11 |
„ provided | 1 | 13 | 14 |
Eaves Guttering provided | 3 | 9 | 12 |
„ repaired | 10 | 10 | 02 |
Gully Traps replaced with stoneware gullies | 7 | 15 | 22 |
„ removed from improper situations | 4 | 7 | 11 |
„ unstopped | - | 21 | 21 |
„ provided | - | 13 | 13 |