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 Willesden]
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Baths provided | 5 |
Brickwork repaired /repointed | 352 |
Cookers provided | 46 |
Dampness remedied—D.P. course | 1 |
Dampness remedied—others | 485 |
Exterior paintwork repainted | 76 |
Fireplaces/ranges repaired or renewed | 45 |
Flooring and other woodwork repaired/renewed | 371 |
Floors (solid) repaired | 15 |
Floors—additional ventilation provided | 14 |
Food store provided | 39 |
Food stores—ventilation provided | — |
Gutters, R.W.P.'s waste pipes repaired | 478 |
Overcrowding abated | 1 |
Plastering repaired/renewed (rooms) | 626 |
Refuse accumulations removed | 40 |
Roofs repaired/renewed | 514 |
Sinks—additional provided | 85 |
Sinks—repaired/renewed | 42 |
Flues repaired | 6 |
Staircases, passages—cleansed | 1 |
Staircases, passages—repaired | 4 |
Walls and ceilings—cleansed | 100 |
Walls and ceilings—repaired | 63 |
Windows repaired | 972 |
Other defects | 316 |
Courts, Forecourts, Yards | |
Nuisances abated | 1 |
Paving repaired/relaid | 141 |
Accumulations removed | 141 |
Verminous Articles and Premises: | |
Premises disinfested | 74 |
Articles disinfested/destroyed | 1 |
Animals: | |
Nuisances abated | 3 |
Miscellaneous: | |
Nuisances abated | 13 |
Smoke nuisances abated | 3 |
Noise | 3 |
Total | 6,138 |
D1S1NFESTATION Table 32
(a) | ||
Council properties | 19 | |
Private properties | 55 | |
Total | 74 | |
(b) | ||
Council properties | 47 | |
Private properties | 102 | |
Total | 149 | |
*Some rooms are treated more than once. | ||
(c) | ||
(i) disinfested | 2 | |
(ii) disinfected | 4 | |
(d) | ||
Ants | 4 |