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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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Rent Restriction Acts.
| Number of Certificates granted | 13 |
| Number of Certificates refused | — |
| Sanitary Dustbins provided | 530 |
| Yards paved or yard paving repaired | 157 |
| Insanitary forecourts remedied | 92 |
| Defective drains repaired or reconstructed | 74 |
| Defective soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired or renewed | 83 |
| Defective fresh air inlets repaired or renewed | 64 |
| Defective gullies removed and replaced by new | |
| Rain water downpipes disconnected from drain | 27 |
| Dishing and curb to gullies repaired and new gratings fixed | |
| Defective W.C. pan and traps removed and replaced by new | 95 |
| Defective W.C. flushing apparatus repaired or new fixed | 332 |
| Defective W.C. seats repaired or new fixed | 174 |
| Defective flush pipe connections repaired | |
| Insanitary sinks removed or new fixed | 33 |
| Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped | 214 |
| Insanitary wall surface over sinks remedied | 129 |
| Ventilated food cupboards provided | |
| Drinking water cisterns cleansed | 203 |
| Defective covers to drinking water cisterns repaired or new fixed | 38 |
| Insanitary sites beneath floors concreted | 3 |
| Spaces beneath floors ventilated | 95 |
| Dampness in walls from defective damp-proof course remedied | |
| Dampness from defective roof, rain water gutterings, etc., remedied | 693 |
| Defective plastering repaired (number of rooms) | 754 |
| Rooms where dirty walls and ceilings have been cleansed and redecorated | 3127 |
| Defective floors repaired | 171 |
| Defective or dangerous stairs repaired | 42 |
| Defective doors and windows repaired | 315 |
| Defective kitchen ranges and fire grates repaired | 316 |
| Defective washing coppers repaired | 124 |
| Coal cupboards provided and repaired | 33 |
| New W.C. apartments provided | 9 |
| Accumulations of offensive matter removed | 18 |
| Drains unstopped and cleansed | 205 |
| Overcrowding nuisances abated | 12 |