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 Bromley]
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Roof, rain water pipes, puttering1 renewed, etc. | 612 |
Damp courses:— | |
Vertical | 75 |
Horizontal | 50 |
Solution | 125 |
Repaired or renewed | 14 |
Brickwork repaired or renewed | 45 |
External walls rendered | 36 |
Dry area constructed | 1 |
Pointing repaired or renewed | 156 |
Rooms cleansed | 1103 |
Floors renewed or repaired | 137 |
Windows ,, ,, ,, | 555 |
Doors „ ,, „ | 94 |
Stoves ,, ,, ,, | 180 |
Plastering ,, ,, „ | 464 |
Handrails ,, „ ,, (or provided) | 75 |
Yard paving,, „ ,, ,, ,, | 173 |
Coppers | 94 |
New dustbins provided | 210 |
Overcrowding abated | 14 |
Disinfestations | 33 |
Ventilated food stores provided | 7 |
Food stores ventilated | 6 |
Defective chimneys repaired | 19 |
,, brickwork repaired | 23 |
Ventilation of rooms improved | 2 |
Defective gas flues reconstructed for coal fires | 37 |
Dirty conditions improved | 10 |
Drinking water service supplied direct from main | 53 |
Fittings renewed or repaired | 29 |
Flushing cisterns renewed or repaired | 69 |
Drinking water cisterns provided with covers | 31 |
Drinking water cisterns cleansed | 2 |
133 |