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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 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]

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Table: TABLE 39HOUSINGHousing Defects Remedied

TABLE 39

HOUSING

Housing Defects Remedied

Nature of DefectAction TakenNumber
Accumulation of refuseRemoved9
Brickwork, pointing and wall plaster defectiveRepaired or renewed103
DampnessRemedied339
Doors — defectiveRepaired or renewed42
Drains — stopped upCleared by Department1,305
Drains — defective or brokenRepaired or renewed45
Dustbins — defective or missingProvided or renewed20
Floors — defectiveRepaired52
Guttering and rain water pipes defectiveRepaired or renewed84
Houses — verminous and dilapidated conditionsCleansed or repaired272
Roofs — defectiveRepaired237
Sink wastes — defectiveRepaired32
Stoves — defectiveRepaired or renewed9
Water — not provided or disconnectedLaid on or restored42
Water closets — defectiveApparatus repaired or renewed49
Water closets — defective or broken pansNew pans provided27
Windows — defective or brokenRepaired or renewed181