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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Edmonton 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACTS.
WORK DONE DURING 1913.
Outworkers' Premises—
Overcrowding 0
Rooms cleansed 6
Walls and ceilings repaired 4
W.C. flushing cisterns repaired 6
W.C. flush pipe joints repaired 5
Joint between W.C. pan and trap repaired 1
W.C. pans cleansed 1
New W.C. pans fixed 1
Gully fixed in lieu of defective "lip" trap 1
Sink waste-pipe repaired 1
Fender constructed to gully 1
Water fittings repaired 4
Proper ventilation provided 2
New dust bins supplied 6
Yards repaved or repaired 4
Roofs repaired 5
Rain-water pipes repaired 2
Eaves' gutters repaired 1
Dampness remedied 2
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Workshops and Workplaces—
Workshops cleansed 7
Privy accommodation provided 1
Privies cleansed 1
New privy constructed 1
W.C. flushing cisterns repaired 4
W.C. pans cleansed 2
W.C. flush-pipe joints repaired 1
Joint between W.C. pan and trap repaired 1
Sink waste pipe repaired 1
Drains unstopped 2
Walls and ceilings repaired 1
Proper ventilation provided 1
Workshop of dilapidated wooden structure demolished 1
Cover supplied to water cistern 1
Water supply taken from main direct 1
New dust bin supplied 1
Yards repaved or paving repaired 3
Accumulations of refuse removed 3
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