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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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1925
17
Spaces beneath floors ventilated 108
Dampness in walls from defective damp-proof course
remedied 130
Dampness from defective roofs, rain water gutterings, etc.,
remedied 745
Defective plastering repaired (number of rooms) 722
Rooms where dirty walls and ceilings have been cleansed and
redecorated 3,318
Defective floors repaired 153
Defective or dangerous stairs repaired 29
Defective doors and windows repaired 347
Defective kitchen ranges and fire grates repaired 294
Defective washing coppers repaired 95
Coal cupboards provided 10
New W.C. apartments provided 6
Accumulations of offensive matter removed 23
Drains unstopped and cleansed 162
Overcrowding nuisances abated 10
Drains tested, exposed for examinations, etc. 87
Smoke observations taken 126
Smoke nuisances abated 18
Nuisances from pigs and other animals abated 14
Notifications of waste of water sent to Metropolitan Water
Board 207
Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces—
Number of Defects.
Particulars. Found. Remedied.
1 2 3
Nuisances under the Public Healths Acts :
Want of Cleanliness 52 52
Unsuitable or Defective Sanitary
accommodation 63 63
Total 115 115