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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION, 1911—
| Nature of Sanitary Defect. | N'emoure Road (North Side). | Old Oak Lane | Petersfield Road (East Side) | Priory Road (Basement Houses only) | Park Road North | Richards Cottages | Stanley Gardens | Steyne Road | Saville Road (Basement Houses only) | Silver Crescent (West Side) | South Parade (Sussex- Cottages) Shaftesbury Road (Tenement Houses) | Strafford Road | St. Margaret's Road | Thorneyhedge Road | Wolesley Terrace | Willesden Lane | TOTALS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Houses Inspected | 10 | 14 | 46 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 61 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 16 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 800 |
| No. of Tenements | 11 | 14 | 47 | 21 | 46 | 25 | 83 | 18 | 11 | 33 | 4 | 18 | 84 | 48 | 27 | 31 | 6 | 1104 |
| Cases of Overcrowding | — | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | |
| Defects of Drainage System | 22 | 10 | 43 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 31 | 10 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 485 |
| Defective or want of Yard Paving | 6 | 0 | 27 | 6 | IS | 5 | 39 | 7 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 28 | 13 | 4 | 9 | — | 353 |
| Defective w.c.'s (including appliances) | 12 | s | 23 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 47 | 3 | — | 5 | — | 4 | 14 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 255 |
| Untrapped R.W. Pipes | 3 | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 56 |
| Dampness | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | — | 13 | 30 | 4 | 3 | — | 4 | 6 | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | 200 |
| Dirty Walls and Ceilings of Rooms | 8 | 6 | 122 | 48 | 6 | 17 | 102 | 6 | 2 | — | 4 | 16 | 34 | 23 | — | 6 | — | 675 |
| Defects of Drinking Water Storage | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 39 | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | — | 173 |
| Defective Sinks and Waste Pipes | 16 | 9 | 47 | 16 | 5 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 469 |
| Miscellaneous Defects (Sites, Floors, Roofs, Plastering, R W. Pipes,Gutter. &c. | 13 | 17 | 79 | 37 | 4 | 39 | 78 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 667 |