London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Enfield 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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59
Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or water
supply 249
New closets provided 6
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 210
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed etc. 134
Water laid on or restored 11
Samples of water taken 2
Wells cleansed or covered 1
Yards paved, or existing paving made good 239
Ventilation provided under ground flooors, causes of
dampness removed, etc. 242
Dustbins repaired, or new ones provided 271
Manure heaps removed 83
Fowls and other animals removed 21
Stables, etc., cleansed 8
Other nuisances abated 43
Ditches cleaned out 6
Cases of overcrowding 18
DISINFECTION.
Houses disinfected:—
After infectious disease 319
After Phthisis 59
Verminous cases 2
380
Rooms stripped and repapered, etc., after occupation
by cases of infectious disease 54
Rooms stripped and repapered, etc., after occupation
by cases of Phthisis 31
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected after
infectious disease 3,035
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed 2
3,037
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected after
Phthisis 378
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed 8
386
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected where
found verminous 101
3,524
Library Books disinfected 82
Cases of Scarlet Fever removed to Hospital 186
„ Diphtheria „ „ 74
„ Enteric Fever „ „ 4
264
Gipsy Vans removed from the District 15
Articles or parcels of unsound food destroyed 82