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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
Friern Barnet 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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The following is a summary of the sanitary improvements and defects remedied during the year:-
| Water. | |
| Store cisterns provided, repaired, cleansed or covers provided | 4 |
| Fittings and services repaired | 9 |
| Drainage. | |
| Drain's cleared or repaired | 14 |
| Inspection chambers cleansed, repaired etc., | 4 |
| Soil and vent pipes repaired | 1 |
| New sink waste pipes provided | 1 |
| Sink wastes repaired. | 1 |
| W.C. | |
| W.C. pans and traps fixed. | 4 |
| W.C. seats, doors, windows, floors, renewed | 3 |
| or repaired. | 2 |
| Walls cleansed and distempered. | 1 |
| Ceilings cleansed and distempered. | 0 |
| Flushing cisterns provided. | 0 |
| Flushing cisterns repaired or regulated | 7 |
| Floors. | |
| Floors repaired | 3 |
| Roofs. | |
| Stripped and renewed. | 1 |
| Repaired. | 27 |
| Gutters and downspouts renewed or repaired | 10 |
| Cleansing. | |
| Walls, repaired, cleansed, distempered or | 6 |
| Ceilings repaired or renewed. | 8 |
| New ceilings. | 1 |
| Windows. | |
| Sashes and frames repaired or renewed. | 5 |
| cills repaired or renewed. | 4 |
| Sashcords provided (number of houses) | 0 |
| Brickwork. | |
| Damp-proof courses provided. | 3 |
| Brickword repaired. | 1 |
| Chimney stacks rebuilt or repaired. | 0 |
| Dampness in walls remedied. | 5 |
| Walls repointed or rendered. | 0 |
| Refuse. | |
| Dustbins provided. | 37 |
| Accumulation of refuse removed. | 2 |
| General. | |
| New ranges and grates provided. | 4 |
| Ranges and grates repaired. | 3 |
| other defects (unclassified | 6 |
| verminous rooms cleansed. | 1 |
| 228 | |
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