Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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FHETORY AND WORKSHOP ACT.
WORK DONE DURING 1914.
Factories-
Factories cleansed 4
Walls and ceiling repaired 1
New inspection chamber to drains constructed 1
New vent-shaft to drains fized 1
New bath provided 1
Drains unstopped 2
Accumulations of refuse removed 2
W.C. flush-pipe joints repaired 1
W.C. doors repaired 1
W.C.'s cleansed and limewashed 87
W.C. flushing cisterns repaired 6
New W.C. pedestal fixed 1
W.C. floors repaired 1
Urinal disconnected from surface drain and connected to
sewage drain 1
Urinals cleansed 2
Separate accommodation for sexes provided 1
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Workshops and Workplaces-
Workshops cleansed 8
Overcrowding abated 1
Dilapidated and insanitary workshop demolished 1
Walls and ceilings repaired 1
External walls repointed 1
Roof repaired 1
Drains unstopped 2
New dustbin supplied 1
Privy emptied and cleansed 1
W.C. flush-pipe joint repaired 1
W.C. pan cleansed 3
W.C. floor repaired 1
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Laundries—
Workrooms cleansed 2
Walls and ceilings repaired 2
Water fittings repaired 1
Yard paving repaired 1
Rain-water pipe repaired 1
W.C. cisterns repaired or new cisterns fixed 3