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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
Beckenham 1937
[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 |