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Friern Barnet 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]

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summary of sanitary improvements and defects remedied
during the year as a result of action by the department.
Water-Supply.
Store cisterns provided, repaired or covers provided 7
Fittings and services repaired 21
Drainage,
Drains cleared or repaired 24
Inspection chambers reconstructed or repaired 6
Inspection covers provided 9
Soil and vent pipes provided or repaired 5
Now sinks provided 10
Sink waste-pipes provided or repaired 13
W.C's.
W. C. pans and traps provided or repaired 26
W. C. seats, doors, windows, floors renewed or repaired 16
Walls and ceilings repaired and distempered 52
Flashing cisterns provided, repaired or regulated 28
Floors.
Floors renewed or repaired 74
Roofs.
Roofs repaired 137
Gutters and downspouting renewed or repaired 82
Cleansing.
Walls repaired, cleansed and redecorated 455
Ceilings renewed or repaired. 431
Windows.
Sashes and frames renewed 125
Sills renewed or repaired 116
Sashcords provided (number of houses) 43
Brickwork.
Damp-proof courses provided 4
Brickwork repaired 26
Chimney stacks rebuilt or repaired 5
Walls re-pointed or rendered 84
Woodwork.
Doors renewed, repaired or re-hung 24
Staircases repaired 20
Yards.
Yard paving renewed or repaired 23
Refuse.
Dustbins provided 26
Accumulations of refuse removed 7
General.
Ranges or grates renewed or repaired 93
Wash-boilers renewed or repaired 6
Verminous rooms cleansed 3
Other defects (unclassified) remedied 62
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