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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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Service pipes renewed and repaired3
Taps taken off rising main14
Drinking water cisterns covered, cleansed or repaired2
Supplies renewed to houses5

Table: EXTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.

EXTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.

ROOFS.—
Repaired and made watertight107
RAINWATER GUTTERING AND DOWNSPOUTING.—
New gutters and down spouts41
Repaired53
Unstopped11
Disconnected from drains3
YARDS.—
Paved and drained11
Repaved and drained12
Repaired36
Cleansed8
DUSTBINS PROVIDED118

Table: INTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.

INTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.

LIVING AND SLEEPING ROOMS.—
Walls and ceilings of rooms stripped and cleansed980
Plaster of walls and ceilings repaired134
Window frames and sashes repaired, eased, etc.115
Doors and frames renewed, repaired, eased, etc.23
Sashcords renewed150
Dampness in house walls remedied114
Rooms ventilated (windows made to open, etc.)6
Firegrates, Kitcheners, coppers renewed and repaired104
Staircases renewed or repaired14
FLOORS.—
Repaired (new plates, joists and boards)57
Air space under ventilated10