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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon RDC]
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| Name of Sanitary District. | Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings. | Disinfection | Dust. | Sundry Nuisances Abated. | Remarks as to any other matters, or in explanation of previous columns. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Water Closets. | Percentage of Houses provided with Water Closets. | Drains. | Cesspools. | Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers. | Rooms Disinfected (a) Ordinary Infectious Diseases, (b) Phthisis. | Rooms Stripped and Cleansed. | Articles Disinfected or Destroyed, (à) Ordinary Infectious Disease, (á) Phthisis. | New Bins Provided. | How frequently is dust removed from each house? | Number of Complaints of Non-Removal received. | Method of Disposal (a) Destructor. (6) by Tipping, (c) Other, state method. | Overcrowding. | Smoke. | Accumulations of Refuse. | Foul Ditches, Ponds, etc., and Stagnant Water. | Foul Pigs and other Animals. | Dampness. | Yards Repaved or Repaired. | Other Nuisances. | ||||||||||
| Number of Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles. | Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved. | Examined, Tested, Exposed, etc. | Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, etc. | Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes Disconnected, Repaired, etc. | New Soil Pipes o<r Ventilating Shafts fixed. | Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired. | Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted. | Reconstructed. | Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, etc. | Abolished, and Drain connected to Sewer. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Edgware | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | (a) 3 | 1 | No record kept. | Weekly. | 2 | Tipping and Disposal of Kefuse at Brick Fields. | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 13 | In "Inspections," and "Notices" columns the figures include complaints and inspections as to House Refuse and Caravans. | ||||||||
| Little Stanmore | 4 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ('a) 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Great Stanmore | 6 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | (a) 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Harrow Weald | 7 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | (a) 12 | 5 | x | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Pinner | 11 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | (a) 10 | 41 | 76 | 9 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 37 | 98 | 115 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 98 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 56 | 12 | 139 | 33 | 9 | 28 | 26 | |||||||