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 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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House drains reconstructed5
Disconnecting traps or chambers inserted2
Soil-pipes and drains ventilated, including repairs to ventilators34
Sink-wastes disconnected or repaired25
Closets provided with proper flushing cisterns or water supply168
New closets provided7
Closets repaired, covered, cleansed, etc.108
Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc.49
Storage cisterns provided9
Water laid on or restored22
Samples of water taken from wells1
Wells cleansed, repaired, etc. ..0
Yards paved, or existing paving made good75
Ventilation provided under ground floors and causes of dampness removed, etc...67
Ventilation provided to rooms, or windows made to open1
Dustbins repaired, or new ones provided337
Manure heaps removed18
Fowls and other animals removed6
Other nuisances abated47
Ditches cleaned out0
Cases of overcrowding abated10
Stables cleansed1

Table: Disinfection.

Disinfection.

Houses disinfected,:—
After infectious disease358
After Phthisis54
After verminous cases8
—420