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 Friern Barnet]
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Drainage.
Drains cleared or repaired 24
Inspection chambers reconstructed or repaired 10
Inspection covers provided 8
Soil and vent pipes provided or repaired 4
New sinks provided 6
Sink waste-traps provided or repaired 21
W. C's.
W.G. pans and traps fixed 25
W.C. pans and traps repaired 10
W.C. seats, doors, windows, floors renewed or
repaired 10
Walls cleansed and distempered 7
Ceilings cleansed and distempered 3
Flushing cisterns provided 2
Flushing cisterns repaired or regulated 23
Floors.
Floors renewed or repaired 51
Roofs.
Stripped and renewed. 10
Roofs repaired 220
Gutters and downspouting renewed or repaired 112
Cleansing.
Walls repaired, cleansed and redecorated 251
Ceilings renewed or repaired 187
Windows.
Sashes and frames renewed or repaired 85
Sills renewed or repaired 53
Sashcords provided (number of houses) 21
Brickwork.
Damp-proof courses provided 4
Brickwork repaired 39
Chimney stacks rebuilt or repaired 16
Walls re-pointed or rendered 62
Woodwork.
Doors renewed, repaired or rehung 13
Yards.
Yard paving repaired or renewed 4
Refuse. Dustbins provided 61
Accummulations of refuse removed 3
General.
Now ranges or grates provided 14
Ranges or grates repaired 51
Wash boilers repaired or renewed 11
Verminous rooms cleansed 1
Other defects (unclassified) remedied 50
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