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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

Hendon 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Table: BENDON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL-SANITARY WORK, 1808.

BENDON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL-SANITARY WORK, 1808.

Sanitary Districts.Water Supply and Water ServicePrivy and Ash Pits, Ash and Earth Closets.Drainage and Sewerage.
Wells.Cisterns.Draw-Taps Removed from Cisterns to Mains.Percentage of Houses Supplied on Constant System.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Civets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.Sewers.
Note.—Asterisks or other signs appearing opposite a District signify that those columns of the District are taken together.New Sunk.Cleansed, Repaired, Etc.Closed as Polluted.Houses, Water Laid on to.Percentage of Houses supplied from Mains.New, Provided.Cleansed, Repaiied, Covered, Etc.Overflow Pipes Dieconnected from Drains.Flush Cisterns provided to W.C.'s.Above Ground Receptacles, Substituted for Pits.Movable Receptacles Substituted for fixed.Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles.New Constructed.New Apparatus Provided.Repaired, Cleansed, Etc.Supplied with Water, or Supply Rendered Efficient.Ventilated.Examined, 'J ested, Exposed, Etc.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, EtcWaste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, Etc., Disconnected.Soil Pipes and Drains Ventilated.Disconnecting-Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.New Laid.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, Etc.Abolished, and Drain Connected to Sewer.Yards of New Sewers Laid.Yards of Sewers Reconstructed.
Hendon Urban District Council.........498412...31...98...56...71543122...99533623471814186052954276Yds