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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Rooms cleansed or redecorated 138
Passages and staircases redecorated 67
Staircases repaired 6
Fireplaces and flues repaired or renewed 37
Cooking stoves repaired or renewed 2
Wash coppers repaired or renewed 1
Sinks and washbasins provided or renewed 20
Waste pipes repaired or renewed 48
Food stores provided or improved 1
Dustbins provided or renewed 25
Water supply improved or reinstated 91
W.C. walls, etc., cleansed 17
W.C. pans cleansed 9
W.C. pans repaired or renewed 31
W.C. structures repaired or renewed 4
W.C. lighting and ventilation improved 5
W.C. flush pipe joints repaired 42
Additional W.C.'s provided 1
(b) General Environmental Public Health:—
Drains cleansed from obstruction 1,141
Drains repaired or renewed 104
New drains provided 13
New inspection chambers provided 37
Inspection chambers repaired 42
Soil pipes and vent. shafts repaired 22
W.C.'s repaired 16
W.C.'s cleansed 5
Cesspools emptied —
Urinals and latrines—cleansed or emptied 5
Stables, manure pits—cleansed 4
„ „ „ —repaired 2
Piggeries cleansed or limewashed 8
Pigsties repaired 4
Animal nuisances abated 7
Offensive accumulations removed 54
Ditches and streams—cleansed 16
„ „ „ —pollution remedied 8
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