Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT, 1937 Nature of Nuisances or Defects Remedied.
No. of defects remedied. | |
---|---|
Choked drains | 52 |
Drains defective or altered | 110 |
Defective gullies | 9 |
Defective W.C. pans | 11 |
Choked W.C. pans | 2 |
Flushing apparatus to W.C. defective | 12 |
Dirty W.C. pans | 9 |
W.C. apartments, dirty or defective | 63 |
Waste pipes, defective or untrapped | 33 |
Defective channels to waste gullies | 5 |
House sinks, defective | 12 |
Soil pipes, defective | 4 |
Ventilating shafts, choked or defective | 10 |
Fresh air inlets, defective | 15 |
Manhole covers, defective or unsealed | 14 |
Water supply cisterns, uncovered, dirty or defective | 7 |
Galvanised iron dustbins, defective or absent | 32 |
Defective pointing | 23 |
Dampness | 147 |
Rain-water pipes, defective | 18 |
Defective gutters | 44 |
Defective roofs | 74 |
Defective floors | 41 |
Defective walls | 48 |
Defective ceilings | 31 |
Dirty walls | 101 |
Dirty ceilings | 114 |
Yard paving defective or absent | 18 |
Defective stoves | 30 |
Defective coppers | 13 |
Defective airbricks | 7 |
Defective windows and fittings | 54 |
Defective doors | 7 |
Keeping of animals contrary to Bye-Laws | 3 |
Accumulation of offensive material | 29 |
Absence of manure pit, or pit uncovered or defective | 1 |
Insufficient ventilation to room | 4 |
Verminous rooms | 30 |
Absence of, or defective food cupboards | 11 |
Cesspools overflowing | 2 |
1,350 |