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 Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Intercepting Traps fixed | 16 |
Fresh-air Inlet Shafts repaired or renewed | 26 |
New Gulley Traps fixed | 59 |
New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts | 27 |
Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired | 5 |
Smoke Tests applied | 24 |
Water Tests applied | 55 |
Cesspools abolished, repaired, or cleansed | 1 |
Water Closets and Sanitary Fittings
W.C. Flush Pipe repaired | 14 |
W.C. Apartments cleansed and limewashed | 51 |
New W.C. Basins fixed | 80 |
W.C.s unstopped, cleansed or repaired | 20 |
W.C. Flushing Tanks repaired or renewed | 30 |
Water supplied to W.C.s | 4 |
New W.C. Apartment provided | 4 |
W.C. Apartments lighted, repaired and ventilated | 24 |
New Impervious Sinks provided | 36 |
New Waste Pipes fixed | 31 |
Existing Waste Pipes trapped | 11 |
New Lavatory basins | 2 |
Urinals cleansed or repaired | 9 |
Urinals renewed | 7 |
Miscellaneous | 8 |
Miscellaneous | |
Roofs repaired | 90 |
Eaves Gutters renewed or repaired | 59 |
Stack Pipes renewed or repaired | 40 |
Stack Pipes disconnected from Drains | 54 |
Damp Walls remedied | 82 |
Ventilation provided beneath floors | 27 |
Yards paved | 73 |
Yard Paving repaired | 17 |
Yards cleansed | 17 |
Floors of Rooms repaired | 71 |
Floors of Rooms renewed or repaved | 9 |
Rooms repaired, cleansed and distempered | 527 |
New ceilings | 5 |
Windows repaired, renewed or made to open | 171 |
Doors rehung or repaired | 22 |
Cisterns repaired, cleansed, covered or removed | 21 |