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 Enfield]
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35
House drains reconstructed 69
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated, including
repairs to ventilators 74
Closets provided with proper flushing
cisterns or water supply 212
New closets provided 13
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 251
Storage cisterns repaired, covered,
cleansed, etc. 100
Water laid on or restored 33
Samples of water taken 15
New storage cisterns provided 13
Wells cleansed 2
Yards paved, or existing paving made good 181
Ventilation provided under ground floors,
and causes of dampness removed 58
Dustbins repaired, or new ones provided 225
Manure heaps removed 67
Fowls and other animals removed 25
Other nuisances abated 94
Ditches cleaned out 3
Cases of ovecrowding abated 26
Houses disinfected:—
After infectious disease 483
After Phthisis 26
509
Rooms stripped and re-papered, etc., after
occupation by cases of infectious
disease 113
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc.,
disinfected after infectious disease
5,183
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc.,
destroyed 11
Carried forward 5,194