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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
Edmonton 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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| Sanitary District | Water Supply and Water Service. | Privy and Ash Pits, Ash and Earth Closets. | Drainage and Sewerage. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Wells | Houses, Water Laid on to | Percentage of Houses Supplied from Mains. | Cisterns. | Flush Cisterns Provided to W.C.'s. | Draw-Taps Removed from Cisterns to Mains | Percentage of Houses Supplied on Constant System. | Water Closets. | Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets. | Drains. | Cesspools. | Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewer. | Sewers. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| New Sunk | Cleansed, Repaired, Etc | Closed as Polluted. | New, Provided. | Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, Etc. | Overflow Pipes Disconnected from Drains | Above Ground Receptacles substituted for Pits. | Movable Receptacles substituted for fixed. | Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles | New Constructed. | New Apparatus Provided. | Repaired, Cleansed, Etc | Supplied with Water, or Supply Rendered Efficient. | Ventilated. | Examined, Tested, Exposed, Etc. | Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, Etc. | Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, Etc., Disconnected . | Soil Pipes and Drains Ventilated. | Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted. | Reconstructed. | New Laid. | Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, Etc. | Abolished, and Drains Connected to Sewers. | Yards of New Sewers Laid. | Yards of Sewers Reconstructed. | ||||||||
| EDMONTON. | – | – | 3 | 3 | 99.3 | 11 | 166 | – | 1 | 3 | 98.7 | — | — | — | 2 | 145 | 162 | 103 | 2 | 99.9 | 442 | 276 | 9 | 74 | 117 | 119 | — | — | 1 | 99.5 | 9128 | 744 |