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Hendon 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon RDC]
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COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,—SANITARY WORK, 1910.
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 or 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. | Rooms Disinfected (a) Ordinary Infectious Diseases,(b) Phthisis. | Rooms Stripped and Cleansed. | . Articles Disinfected or Destroyed, (a) Ordinary Infectious Disease; (b) Phthisis. | New Bins Provided. | How frequently is dust removed from each house? | Number of Complaints of Non-Removal received. | Method of Disposal (a) Destructor, (b) 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. | ||||
| Edgware | 6 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | Generally by tipping and taking the refuse to brick fields, in Gt. Stanmore and the refuse is burnt at the sewage farm. | 1 | ... | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Complaints and cautionary notices include those in connection with the non removal of house refuse. | ||||||
| Little Stanmore | 5 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| Great Stanmore | 7 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 14 1 | 4 | ... | 4 | 5 | 2 | ... | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Harrow Weald | 21 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 ... | 1 | ... | 10 | 13 | ... | ... | 19 | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | |||||||
| Pinner | 1 | 14 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | 4 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 53 | ... | ... | 83 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 14 | 99 | 118 | 61 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 33 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 99 | 27 3 | 6 | ... | 18 | 74 | 4 | ... | 124 | 26 | 8 | 20 | 12 | ||||