London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Enfield 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or water supply . 212
New closets provided 2
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc 212
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc 132
Water laid on or restored 10
Samples of water taken 6
New storage cisterns provided 4
Wells cleansed or covered 2
Wells closed 1
Yards paved, or existing paving made good 271
Forecourts repaired 13
Ventilation provided under ground floors, and causes of
dampness removed 78
Dustbins repaired, or new ones provided 268
Manure heaps removed 55
Fowls and other animals removed 13
Stables, etc., cleansed 10
Other nuisances abated 27
Ditches cleaned out 1
Cases of overcrowding 24
DISINFECTION.
| Houses disinfected:— | ||
| After infectious disease | 227 | |
| After Phthisis | 75 | |
| Verminous cases | 9 | |
| 311 | ||
| Rooms stripped and re-papered, etc., after occupation by cases of infectious disease | 28 | |
| Rooms stripped and re-papered, etc., after occupation by cases of Phthisis | 48 | |
| Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected after infectious disease | 2,338 | |
| Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed | 12 | |
| 2,350 | ||
| Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected after Phthisis | 439 | |
| Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed | 6 | |
| - | 445 | |
| Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected where found verminous | 130 | |
| 2,925 | ||