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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INTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.
LIVING AND SLEEPING ROOMS.— | |
Walls and ceilings of rooms stripped and cleansed | 1145 |
Plaster of walls and ceilings repaired | 162 |
Window frames and sashes repaired, eased, etc. | 166 |
Doors and frames renewed, repaired, eased, etc. | 9 |
Sashcords renewed | 80 |
Dampness in house walls remedied | 115 |
Rooms ventilated (windows made to open, etc.) | 5 |
Firegrates, kitcheners, coppers renewed and repaired | 158 |
Staircases renewed or repaired | 6 |
FLOORS.— | |
Repaired (new plates, joists and boards) | 65 |
Air space under ventilated | |
OTHER MATTERS.— | |
Back passageways cleansed | 10 |
Ditches cleansed | 2 |
Accumulations of refuse, manure, etc., removed | 163 |
Nuisances from keeping of animals abated | 1 |
Gipsy vans, tents, etc., removed | — |
New urinals provided | — |
Urinals cleansed and repaired | 4 |
Verminous houses disinfested | 127 |
Miscellaneous | 401 |
NOTICES SERVED.
Informal or cautionary | 1157 |
Outstanding from 1935 | 214 |
1371 | |
Complied with | 1112 |
Outstanding, 1936 | 259 |