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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The following table indicates the extensive and varied nature of the defects and dilapidations which have been made good following inspection by the Sanitary Inspectors.
| Sanitary dustbins provided | 56 |
| Yards paved or yard paving repaired | 57 |
| Insanitary forecourts remedied | 5 |
| Defective drains repaired or reconstructed | 112 |
| Defective soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired or renewed | 34 |
| Defective fresh air inlets repaired or renewed | 27 |
| Defective gullies removed and replaced by new | 14 |
| Rainwater downpipes disconnected from drain | 1 |
| Dishings or curbs to gully repaired or new gratings fixed | 18 |
| •Defective W.C. pans and traps removed and replaced | |
| by new Defective W.C. flushing apparatus repaired or new | 56 |
| fixed | 63 |
| Defective W.C. seats repaired or new fixed | 72 |
| Defective flush pipe connections repaired | 52 |
| Insanitary sinks removed or new fixed | 38 |
| Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped | 47 |
| Insanitary wall surface over sinks remedied | 25 |
| Ventilated food cupboards provided | 8 |
| Drinking water cisterns cleansed — | 5 |
| Defective covers to drinking water cisterns repaired or new fixed | 8 |
| Insanitary sites beneath floors concreted | 1 |
| Spaces beneath floors ventilated | 52 |
| Dampness in walls from defective damp proof coursing remedied | 289 |
| Dampness from defective roof, rainwater gutterings, etc., remedied | 1,926 |
| Defective plastering repaired (number of rooms) | 1,878' |
| Rooms where dirty walls and ceiling have been cleansed and redecorated | 1,847 |