Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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Service pipes renewed and repaired | 3 |
Taps taken off rising main | 14 |
Drinking water cisterns covered, cleansed or repaired | 2 |
Supplies renewed to houses | 5 |
EXTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.
ROOFS.— | |
Repaired and made watertight | 107 |
RAINWATER GUTTERING AND DOWNSPOUTING.— | |
New gutters and down spouts | 41 |
Repaired | 53 |
Unstopped | 11 |
Disconnected from drains | 3 |
YARDS.— | |
Paved and drained | 11 |
Repaved and drained | 12 |
Repaired | 36 |
Cleansed | 8 |
DUSTBINS PROVIDED | 118 |
INTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.
LIVING AND SLEEPING ROOMS.— | |
Walls and ceilings of rooms stripped and cleansed | 980 |
Plaster of walls and ceilings repaired | 134 |
Window frames and sashes repaired, eased, etc. | 115 |
Doors and frames renewed, repaired, eased, etc. | 23 |
Sashcords renewed | 150 |
Dampness in house walls remedied | 114 |
Rooms ventilated (windows made to open, etc.) | 6 |
Firegrates, Kitcheners, coppers renewed and repaired | 104 |
Staircases renewed or repaired | 14 |
FLOORS.— | |
Repaired (new plates, joists and boards) | 57 |
Air space under ventilated | 10 |