London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Friern Barnet 1943

[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 provide 4, repaired, clensed.
or covers provided 2
Fittings, ana services repaired 12
Drainage.
Drains cleared or repaired 28
Inspection chambers cleansed, repaired etc. 1
Soil and vent pipes repaired 2
New sinks waste pipes provided 3
Sink wastes repaired 6
W.C.
W.C. .pans and traps fixed 6
W.C. pans and traps repaired 2
W.C. seats, doors, windows, floors, renewed
or repaired 1
Walls cleansed and distempered --
Ceilings cleansed and distempered 1
Flushing cisterns provided --
Flushing cisterns repaired or regulated 6
Floors.
Floors repaired 8
Roofs.
Stripped and renewed 1
Repaired 34
Gutters and downspouts renewed or repaired 4
Cleansing
Walls repaired, cleansed, distempered or
papered 10
Ceilings repaired or renewed 10
Now ceilings --
Windows
Sashes and frames repaired or renewed 4
Cills repaired or renewed 2
Sashcords provided (number of houses) 3
Brickwork.
Damp-proof courses provided 2
Brickwork repaired 1
Chimney stacks rebuilt or repaired 2
Dampness in walls remedied 3
Walls repointed or rendered --
Refuse
Dustbins provided 109
Accumulation of refuse removed --
General.
New ranges and grates provided 3
Ranges and grates repaired 2
Other defects (unclassified) 4
Verminous rooms cleansed 2
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