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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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97
Wells closed 3
New cisterns provided 11
Repairs to water fittings 55
Cisterns repaired, covered,cleansed, &c. 111
DRAINS, PAVING OF YARDS AND DAMPNESS.
The following is a summary of the work done in connection with
the paving of yards, drainage and prevention of dampness of
existing premises. The number of drains—
Examined, tested and exposed was 442
Unstopped, repaired and trapped 278
Waste pipes disconnected 9
Soil pipes and drains ventilated 74
Disconnecting traps and chambers inserted 117
Drains reconstructed 119
Yards paved 97
Roofs repaired 98
Guttering and rainwater pipes repaired 170
The following properties are not connected with the Council's
sewer, owing to the sewer not being within the prescribed distance,
viz., 100 feet.
Hermitage Earth closet accommodation.
Weir Hall Cesspool.
Bunce's Farm Earth closet.
Jews'Corner Cottage Earth closet.
Edmonton Council's Cemetery House Cesspool.
Carter Page, Nursery Cesspool.
Messer's Nursery Cesspool.
Cook's Ferry Cottages, The Marsh Pail closet.
Messrs. Ridley Whitley's Factory Cesspools and pail system.
SMOKE.
Eleven nuisances from smoke occurred during the year. In two
cases the coal used was of a very inferior quality, but the real cause