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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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WATER SUPPLY.—
Service pipes renewed and repaired 7
Taps taken off rising main 26
Drinking water cisterns covered, cleansed or repaired 6
Supplies renewed to houses 9
EXTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.
ROOFS —
Repaired and msde watertight 96
RAINWATER GUTTERING AND DOWNSPOUTING —
New gutters and down spouts 21
Repaired 92
Unstopped 6
Disconnected from drains 3
YARDS.—
Paved and drained 11
Repaved and drained 12
Repaired 23
Cleansed 11
DUSTBINS PROVIDED 57
INTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.
LIVING AND SLEEPING ROOMS.—
Walls and ceilings of rooms stripped and cleansed 1230
Plaster of walls and ceilings repaired 170
Window frames and sashes repaired, eased, etc. 175
Doors and frames renewed, repaired, eased, etc. 45
Sashcords renewed 85
Dampness in house walls remedied 124
Rooms ventilated (windows made to open, ctc.) 17
Firegrates, Kitcheners, coppers renewed and repaired 106
Staircases renewed or repaired 22