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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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Storage cisterns repaired, covered, cleansed, etc. 46
Storage cisterns provided 2
Water laid on or restored 71
New wells provided 0
Wells closed 0
Wells cleansed and repaired, etc. 3
Samples of Water taken from Wells 0
Do. do. from Main 0
Yards paved, or existing paving made good 72
Ventilation provided under ground floors and causes
of dampness removed, etc. 139
Dustbins repaired, or new ones provided 132
Manure heaps removed 14
Fowls and other animals removed 0
Stables cleansed 0
Other nuisances abated 153
Cases of overcrowding abated 57
Ditches cleaned out 3
Gipsy vans removed 4
Disinfection.
Houses disinfected:—
After infectious disease 300
After Phthisis 71
After verminous cases 94
465
Rooms stripped and re-papered, etc., after occupation
by cases of infectious disease 52
Ditto, ditto, by cases of Phthisis 28
Articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 1,327
Ditto, ditto, destroyed 75