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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 1907
[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 |