London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Ealing 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Sanitary Inspections of the District.
particulars of the sanitary defects referred to
in notices served and letters written : —
Water Closets repaired or supplied with water
or otherwise improved 217
Drains cleared or cleansed 74
Defects in drains repaired 47
Drains reconstructed 24
Dust-bins provided 172
Overcrowding 2
Accumulations of refuse 44
Fowls and other animals 36
Damp-proof courses inserted in walls 22
Ventilation under floors provided 11
Other forms of dampness 14
Yards paved and repaired 48
Floors repaired 73
Roofs, gutters, and rain water pipes repaired 247
New soil and ventilating pipes 52
Sinks and waste pipes repaired or renewed 44
Draw taps fixed to main supply 8
Other defects or nuisances remedied 310
disinfection.
Rooms disinfected :—
Ordinary Infectious Disease 355
Phthisis 41
Rooms stripped and cleansed 129
Articles disinfected :—
Ordinary Infectious Disease 1,748
Phthisis 230
Articles voluntarily destroyed 142