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 Wembley]
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Cooking stoves repaired or renewed 6
Wash coppers repaired or renewed 1
Sinks and washbasins provided or renewed 13
Waste pipes repaired or renewed 45
Dustbins provided or renewed 142
Water supply improved or reinstated 157
W.C. walls, etc., cleansed 5
W.C. pans cleansed 14
W.C. pans repaired or renewed 39
W.C. cisterns repaired or renewed 42
W.C. structure repaired or renewed 1
W.C. lighting and vent, improved 1
W.C. flush pipe joints repaired 11
(b) General Environmental Public Health:—
Drains cleansed from obstruction 874
Drains repaired or renewed 60
New drains provided 12
New inspection chambers provided 7
Inspection chambers repaired 49
Soil pipes and vent. shafts repaired 10
W.C's.repaired 11
W.C's. cleansed 7
Cesspools emptied 1
Urinals and latrines cleansed or emptied 6
Stables, manure pits, cleansed 14
„ „ „ repaired or renewed 1
Piggeries cleansed or limewashed 4
Pigsties repaired 2
Animals nuisances abated 3
Offensive accumulations removed 42
Ditches and streams cleansed 10
„ „ „ pollution remedied 2
Yards cleansed or repaired 32
Tents, vans and sheds—nuisances abated 1
Smoke nuisances abated 3
Cinemas, Dance Halls, etc.—contraventions
remedied 4
Hairdressers—contraventions remedied 12
Markets—contraventions remedied 2
Schools—sanitary conditions improved 2
„ urinals and W.C's. cleansed or
repaired 5
Noise nuisances abated 1
Effluvia nuisances abated 2
Water tanks, etc., emptied or cleansed 10
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