London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Drains provided with intercepting traps 10
,, manholes provided to 39
,, manholes cleansed 3
,, manholes repaired and covered 6
,, manholes, F.A.I., repaired 25
,, interceptors repaired 13
Undrained houses drained —
Water closets floors repaired 6
,, ,, provided with efficient flushing
cisterns or flushing cisterns repaired
39
,, ,, apartments ventilated or lighted 2
,, ,, provided 12
Soil pipes repaired 3
Soil pipes reconstructed 22
Ventilating shafts repaired 23
,, ,, provided 10
,, ,, reconstructed 1
Defective sinks abolished and new provided 9
Waste pipes, sink waste pipes disconnected from drain 1
,, ,, trapped with lead traps 18
,, ,, provided to sinks 5
,, ,, repaired 3
,, unstopped 3
Rain-water pipes disconnected from drain 15
,, ,, repaired 4
,, ,, provided 2
Eaves guttering provided 2
Eaves guttering repaired and cleansed 7
Defective traps replaced or new stoneware gullies fixed 60