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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 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: Nature of Nuisances or Defects Remedied (Cont.)

Nature of Nuisances or Defects Remedied (Cont.)

No. of defects remedied
Dirty W,C. pans1
W.C. apartments, dirty or defective15
Waste pipes, defective or untrapped7
House sinks, defective2
Soil pipes, defective1
Ventilating shafts, choked or defective2
Fresh air inlets, defective3
Manhole covers, defective or unsealed39
Water supply cisterns, uncovered, dirty or defective4
Galv. Iron dustbins, defective or absent10
Defective pointing8
Dampness54
Rain-water pipes, defective5
Defective gutters7
Defective roofs18
Defective floors14
Defective walls18
Defective ceilings19
Dirty walls18
Dirty ceilings20
Yard paving defective or absent3
Defective stoves12
Defective airbricks2
Defective windows and fittings15
Defective doors3
Accumulation of offensive material14
Insufficient ventilation to room1
Verminous rooms5
Defective cement rendering1
Defective stairs and handrails2
Absence of water supply5
Rats, premises freed of27
Absence of Statutory Information in Rent Book5
Miscellaneous Shop Acts, Defects6
Miscellaneous14
Keeping of Animals contrary to Bye Laws6
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