London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kingston upon Thames 1923
[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 |