London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Wembley 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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Cooking stoves repaired or renewed 21
Wash coppers repaired or renewed 1
Sinks and washbasins provided or renewed 62
Waste pipes repaired or renewed 71
Food stores provided or improved 17
Dustbins provided or renewed 83
Water supply improved or reinstated 97
W.C. walls, etc., cleansed 43
W.C. pans cleansed 34
W.C. pans repaired or renewed 50
W.C. structures repaired or renewed 30
W.C. lighting and ventilation improved 8
W.C. flush pipe joints repaired 71
Additional W.C.'s provided 2
(b) General Environmental Public Health:—
Drains cleansed from obstruction 1,192
Drains repaired or renewed 161
New drains provided 34
New inspection chambers provided 29
Inspection chambers repaired 62
Soil pipes and vent. shafts repaired 37
W.C.'s repaired 32
W.C.'s cleansed 29
Cesspools emptied 2
Urinals and latrines—cleansed or emptied 1
„ „ „ —additional provided 4
Stables, manure pits—cleansed 18
„ „ „ —repaired 4
Piggeries cleansed or limewashed 9
Pigsties repaired 7
Animals nuisances abated 33
Offensive accumulations removed 28
Ditches and streams—cleansed 13
„ „ „ —pollution remedied 7
Smoke nuisances abated 20
Improvements in boiler plant or fuel effected 14
Cinemas, Dance Halls, etc. — contraventions
remedied 8
Hairdressers—contraventions remedied 6
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