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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT, 1939Nature of Nuisances or Defects Remedied.

SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE DISTRICT, 1939

Nature of Nuisances or Defects Remedied.

No. of defects remedied.
Choked drains26
Cesspools overflowing—
Drains defective or altered38
Defective gullies10
Defective W.C. pans25
Choked W.C. pans7
Flushing apparatus to W.C. defective27
Dirty W.C. pans9
W.C. apartments, dirty or defective83
Absence of ventilated lobby to W.C. apartments2
Waste pipes, defective or untrapped62
Defective channels to waste gullies3
House sinks, defective25
Soil pipes, defective4
Ventilating shafts, choked or defective4
Fresh air inlets, defective10
Manhole covers, defective or unsealed9
Water supply cisterns, uncovered, dirty or defective6
Galvanised iron dustbins, defective or absent23
Defective pointing41
Dampness150
Rain-water pipes, defective35
Defective gutters36
Defective roofs97
Defective floors56
Defective walls82
Defective ceilings62
Dirty walls81
Dirty ceilings86
Yard paving defective or absent46
Defective stoves38
Defective coppers25
Defective airbricks13
Defective windows and fittings71
Defective doors22
Accumulation of offensive material16
Absence of manure pit, or pit uncovered or defective—
Insufficient ventilation to room11
Verminous rooms12
Absence of, or defective food cupboards64
Defective cement rendering14
Defective stairs and handrails21
Defective matching3
Absence of water supply6
Smoke–
Rats, premises freed of41
Carried forward1,502