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

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Wembley 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]

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Rooms cleanscd or redecorated 149
Passages and staircases redecorated 34
Staircases repaired 8
Fireplaces and flues repaired or renewed 50
Cooking stoves repaired or renewed 5
Wash coppers repaired or renewed 1
Sinks and washbasins provided or renewed 36
Waste pipes repaired or renewed 70
Food stores provided or improved 13
Dustbins provided or renewed 38
Water supply improved or reinstated 93
W.C. walls, etc., cleansed 16
W.C. pans cleansed 15
W.C. pans repaired or renewed 46
W.C. structures repaired or renewed 13
W.C. lighting and ventilation improved 3
W.C. flush pipe joints repaired 41
Additional W.C.'s provided —
(b) General Environmental Public Health:—
Drains cleansed from obstruction 1,047
Drains repaired or renewed 97
New drains provided 27
New inspection chambers provided 23
Inspection chambers repaired 35
Soil pipes and vent. shafts repaired 12
W.C.'s repaired 13
W.C.'s cleansed 36
Cesspools emptied 2
Urinals and latrines—cleansed or emptied 10
„ „ „ —additional provided -
Stables, manure pits—cleansed 18
„ „ „ —repaired 5
Piggeries cleansed or limewashed 13
Pigsties repaired 4
Animal nuisances abated 7
Offensive accumulations removed 37
Ditches and streams—cleansed 15
„ „ „ —pollution remedied 18
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