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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

Penge 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Table: TABLE OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS.

TABLE OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS.

Number of houses, premises, &c., cleansed repaired, whitewashed, &c127
Roofs, gutters, rainwater pipes, &c., repaired86
House Drains—
Repaired, cleansed56
Ventilated15
Stoneware syphon gullies provided286
Houses provided with new drains127
Inspection Chambers constructed92
Aggregate length of 4 in., 6 in., and 9 in. stoneware glazed pipes laid9,126ft.
Sink and bath waste pipes renewed or repaired49
Water-closets—
Lighted and ventilated67
Repaired, &c.52
Additional provided13
New water-closet basins and traps134
Soil pipes and ventilation shafts reconstructed71
Ditto, ditto repaired34
Flushing apparatus renewed or repaired130
Water Supply—
Water supply to houses re-instated11
Cisterns cleaned, repaired or covered29
Miscellaneous—
Galvanized iron dust bins provided165
Overcrowding in rooms abated9
Yards and Forecourts to houses paved or amended68