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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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HOUSE - TO - HOUSE INSPECTION, 1910.
| Nature of Sanitary Defect | Enfield Road | Hanbury Road | Shaftesbury Road | Mills Row and Cottages | Fletcher Road | Stanley Road | Junction Road | Packington Road | Bollo Bridge Road (portion) | Priory Road | Saville Road | Railway Cottages (portion) | Stirling Road | Colville Road | Roslin Road | Grove Road | Seymour Road | Bollo Lane | Myrtle Road | Carlton Road | Florence Road | Palmerston Road | Berrymede Road | Steele Road | Park Rd. North (east side) | All Saints' Road | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses Inspected | 28 | 37 | 26 | 25 | 53 | 50 | 13 | 42 | 99 | 46 | 26 | 66 | 62 | 79 | 6 | 43 | 33 | 77 | 48 | 30 | 29 | 40 | 45 | 18 | 36 | 23 | 1080 |
| Number Overcrowded | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | 17 |
| Defects of Drainage System | 11 | 27 | 15 | – | 13 | 36 | 10 | 20 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 35 | – | 29 | 20 | 60 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 589 |
| Defective or want of Yard Paving | 7 | 13 | 10 | 1 3 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 4 | - | 21 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 309 |
| Defective w.c.'s (including appliances) | 3 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 15 | — | 10 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 279 | |
| Untrapped R.W. Pipes | — | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 80 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 2 | — | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 274 |
| Dampness | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 11 | – | 3 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | — | 157 | |
| Dirty Walls and Ceilings of Rooms | 1 | 6 | 3 | 96 | – | – | — | 1 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 151 | 88 | 101 | 6 | 11 | 42 | 88 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 846 |
| Defects of Drinking Water Storage | 7 | 23 | 2 | — | 6 | 11 | — | 11 | 6 | 4 | – | 42 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 233 | |
| Defective Sinks and Waste Pipes | 12 | 8 | 18 | — | — | 14 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 15 | — | 27 | 23 | 78 | 34 | 2 | — | 7 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 365 |