Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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55
Manholes provided 75
Intercepting Traps fixed 46
Stoneware Gully Traps fixed 310
Dip and Bell Traps removed 8
Cesspools abolished 4
Water Tests applied 382
Smoke Tests applied 189
Number of Plans of Drainage Drawn 54
WATER CLOSETS AND SANITARY CONVENIENCES.
New W.C. Pans of the "Washdown" type fixed 200
W.C.'s Cleansed or Repaired 15
New Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts fixed 124
Soil Pipes and Ventilating Shafts Repaired 29
New Flushing Boxes fixed to W.C.'s. 171
Existing Flushing Boxes to W.C.'s Repaired 121
New W.C. Apartments erected against External Walls 3
Public House Urinals Re-constructed 12
DAMPNESS.
Roofs Repaired 121
Eaves Guttering Renewed 84
Rainwater Pipes Renewed and made to Discharge clear
of House Walls on proper Gullies 42
Damp Walls Remedied 7
Yards Re-paved 75
Paving of Yards and Floors Repaired 87
Stagnant Water in Cellars Removed and Provision
made for Sub-soil Drainage 12