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 27
Staircases repaired 22
Fireplaces and flues repaired or renewed 71
Cooking stoves repaired or renewed 10
Sinks and washbasins provided or renewed 71
Waste pipes repaired or renewed 48
Food stores provided or improved 7
Dustbins provided or renewed 58
Water supply improved or reinstated 48
W.C. walls, etc., cleansed 31
W.C. pans cleansed 24
W.C. pans repaired or renewed 65
W.C. structures repaired or renewed 12
W.C. lighting and ventilation improved 12
W.C. flush pipe joints repaired 46
Additional W.C.'s provided 3
(b) General Environmental Public Health:—
Drains cleansed from obstruction 1,064
Drains repaired or renewed 99
New drains provided 35
New inspection chambers provided 44
Inspection chambers repaired 47
Soil pipes and vent, shafts repaired 45
W.C.'s repaired 43
W.C.'s cleansed 18
Cesspools emptied or repaired —
Urinals and latrines—cleansed or emptied 6
" —additional provided 24
Stables, manure pits—cleansed 2
" repaired 1
Piggeries cleansed or limewashed 1
Animal nuisances abated 15
Offensive accumulations removed 107
Ditches and streams—cleansed 23
„ „ „ —pollution remedied 11
Smoke nuisances abated 42
Improvements in boiler plant or fuel effected 33
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