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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
Wembley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub. floor vent. provided or improved | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Rooms cleansed or redecorated | 139 | 137 | 241 |
| Passages and staircases redecorated | 19 | 15 | 30 |
| Staircases repaired | — | 4 | 10 |
| Fireplaces repaired or renewed | 23 | 26 | |
| Cooking stoves repaired or renewed | 20 | 11 | 3 |
| Wash coppers repaired or renewed | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Sinks and wash basins provided or renewed | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Waste pipes repaired or renewed | 21 | 27 | 21 |
| Food stores provided or improved | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Dustbins provided or renewed | 343 | 249 | 322 |
| Water supply improved or reinstated | 13 | 22 | 16 |
| W.C.'s. cleansed or repaired | 59 | 64 | 55 |
| Additional W.C's. provided | — | 2 | 3 |
| Verminous premises disinfested (Bugs) | 59 | 71 | 46 |
| Verminous premises disinfested (Other Vermin) | 27 | 17 | |
| Overcrowding abated | 2 | 76 | 80 |
| Miscellaneous | 101 | 23 | 7 |
| (b) General Sanitation. | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
| Drains and sewers cleansed from obstruction | 495 | 482 | 587 |
| Drains and sewers repaired or renewed | 37 | 64 | 72 |
| New drains provided | 3 | 31 | 30 |
| New inspection chambers provided | 15 | 22 | |
| Inspection chambers repaired | 34 | 15 | 41 |
| Soil pipes and vent. shafts repaired | — | — | 7 |
| W.C's. repaired | — | 8 | 8 |
| W.C's. cleansed | — | 110 | 3 |
| Cesspools emptied | — | 10 | 20 |
| Cesspools repaired | — | 1 | — |
| Cesspools abolished | — | — | 1 |
| Urinals and latrines cleansed or emptied | 27 | 24 | 5 |
| Additional urinals or latrines provided | - | 3 | - |
| Urinals or latrines removed | — | — | 2 |
| Stable, manure pits, cleansed | — | 6 | — |
| Piggeries cleansed or limewashed | — | — | 2 |
| Pigstyes repaired | — | — | 1 |
| Animal nuisances abated | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 66 | 76 | 74 |