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

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Hendon 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Gullies- unstopped 8
,, cement work around repaired 11
,, provided with grids 4
Rooms ventilated (windows made to open) 2
Ditches cleansed 1
Builders' privies abolished —
Earth closets abolished —
Miscellaneous nuisances abated 47
Yards paving repaired 7
,, paved 12
,, cleansed 11
Dustbins provided 38
Ashpits abolished and bins provided —
Cisterns repaired and covered 3
Rooms cleansed and limewashed 238
,, plastering of walls and ceilings repaired 188
Roofs of houses repaired 25
Floors of houses repaired or relaid 15
,, ,, cleansed 9
,, ,, air spaces under ventilateel 4
,, drained 2
Dampness of house walls remedied 13
Accumulations of refuse removed 8
Accumulations of manure removed 12
Animals, fowls, etc., nuisances from, abated —
Overcrowding, number of cases abated 5
Nuisances from ballast burning, rubbish, etc., dealt
with —
Cesspools abolished 4
Nuisances from overflowing cesspools removed 3
Overflow pipes removed from cesspools —