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

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Friern Barnet 1948

[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 as a result of action by the
Public Health Department:-
Water.
Store cisterns provided, repaired cleansed, or
covers provided 16
Fittings and services repaired 23
Drainage.
Drains cleared or repaired 23
Inspection chambers reconstructed or repaired 2
Inspection covers provided 2
Soil and vent pipes provided or repaired 5
New sinks provided 2
Sink waste-traps provided or repaired 19
W. C's.
W.C. pens and traps fixed 20
W.C. pens end traps repaired 6
W.C. seats, doors, windows, floors renewed or repaired 6
Walls cleansed, and distempered 6
Ceilings cleansed and distempered 5
Flushing cisterns provided 2
Flushing cisterns repaired or regulated 25
Floors.
Floors renewed or repaired 32
Roofs.
Stripped and renewed 5
Roofs repaired 146
Gutters end down spouting renewed or repaired 71
Cleansing.
Walls repaired, cleansed and redecorated 220
Ceilings renewed or repaired 205
Windows.
Sashes and frames renewed or repaired 101
Sills renewed or repaired 66
Sashcords provided (number of houses) 27
Brickwork.
Damp-proof courses provided 1
Brickwork repaired 15
Chimney stacks rebuilt or repaired 11
Walls re-pointed or rendered 42
Woodwork.
Doors renewed, repaired or re-hung 15
Staircases repaired 2
Yards. Yard paving repaired or renewed 4
Refuse. Dustbins provided 28
Accummulations of refuse removed 2
General.
New ranges and grates provided 13
Ranges or grates repaired 29
Wash boilers repaired or renewed. 5
Verminous rooms cleansed 2
Other defects (unclassified) remedied 28
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