London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTIONS,
| Nature of Sanitary Defect | Clovelly Road | Chaucer Road | Essex Park Mews | Gladstone Road | Gunnersbury Lane | Goldsmith Road | Hanbury Road | Hoopers Mews | Kingswood Road | Kent Road | Larden Road | Osborne Road | TOTALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Houses Inspected | 20 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 50 | 7 | 96 | 594 |
| No. of Tenements | 21 | 48 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 61 | 96 | 14 | 160 | 992 |
| Cases of Overcrowding | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | _ | 3 | 15 |
| Defects of Drainage System | 11 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 97 | 704 |
| Defect or want of Yard Paving | 10 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | 19 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 216 |
| Defects of Water-closets (including appliances) | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | 10 | — | 3 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 35 | 227 |
| Untrapped R. W. Down-pipes | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 95 |
| Dampnoss | — | 2.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 168 |
| Dirty Walls and Ceilings of Rooms | 24 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 2 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 51 | 11 | 93 | 455 |
| Defects of Drinking Water Storage | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 9 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 44 | — | 9 | 252 |
| Defective Sinks and Waste Pipes | 2 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 9 | 18 | 2 | 36 | 266 |
| Miscellaneous Defects (Floors, Roofs, Plastering, Gutters, &c.) | 11 | 26 | 4 | 10 | _ | 8 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 110 | 462 |
| Overcrowding (Census basis) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | 39 |
* All recorded on " Full Record Cards " and the drains of overy house tested by moans of Smoke-machine.