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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Passages and staircases redecorated 50
Staircases repaired 8
Fireplaces and flues repaired or renewed 26
Cooking stoves repaired or renewed 2
Sinks and washbasins provided or renewed 12
Waste pipes repaired or renewed 36
Food stores provided or improved 2
Dustbins provided or renewed 28
Water supply improved or reinstated 50
W.C. walls, etc., cleansed 5
W.C. pans cleansed 8
W.C. pans repaired or renewed 35
W.C. structures repaired or renewed 7
W.C. lighting and ventilation improved 5
W.C. flush pipe joints repaired 8
Additional W.C.'s provided 1
(b) General Environmental Public Health:—
Drains cleansed from obstruction 986
Drains repaired or renewed 88
New drains provided 15
New inspection chambers provided
Inspection chambers repaired 20
Soil pipes and vent. shafts repaired 23
W.C.'s repaired 37
W.C.'s cleansed 11
Cesspools emptied 1
Urinals and latrines—cleansed or emptied 6
Stables, manure pits—cleansed 3
„ „ „ —repaired 3
Piggeries cleansed or limewashed 3
Pigsties repaired 3
Animal nuisances abated 6
Offensive accumulations removed 71
Ditches and streams—cleansed 13
„ „ „ —pollution remedied 6
Smoke nuisances abated 40
Improvements in boiler plant or fuel effected 13
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