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

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Hendon 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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38
Cesspools abolished 2
Water supply provided to houses, or a supply laid on
over sink —
Water service pipes, etc., repaired 17
Taps taken off rising main for drinking purposes 5
Water closets, repaired and apartments cleansed 91
,, ,, New pans provided to 86
,, ,, Unstopped and cleansed 26
,, ,, Provided with efficient flushing cisterns
or flushing cisterns repaired 72
,, ,, Flush pipes repaired 27
Soil pipes and ventilating pipes reconstructed or
repaired 30
Sinks removed and new provided 12
,, Waste pipes repaired, renewed and trapped 42
,, Waste pipes unstopped 5
Rain water pipes repaired or renewed 41
Eaves gutters, repaired cleansed or renewed 71
Defective traps replaced or new stoneware gullies fixed 55
Gullies unstopped, provided with grids, and cement
work around same repaired 34
Rooms ventilated (windows made to open) 7
Ditches cleansed 5
Smoky chimney flues remedied 5
Firegrates, kitcheners etc., repaired 37
Premises connected with sewer 1
Flooding of cellars remedied 1
Miscellaneous nuisances abated 118
NOTICES SERVED.
Informal or Cautionary 586
Outstanding from 1920 37
623
Complied with 468
Outstanding 118
Note:—Of the 118 outstanding notices, 101 were
complied with by the 31st January, 1922.