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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Smoke Tests applied | 45 |
Water Tests applied | 177 |
Cesspools abolished, repaired, or cleansed | 1 |
Subsoil drainage provided | 1 |
Gratings provided to gully traps | 3 |
Water Closets and Sanitary Fittings,
W.C. Apartments cleansed and limewashed | 46 |
New W.C. Basins fixed | 88 |
VV.C.s unstopped, cleansed or repaired | 5 |
W.C. Flushing Tanks repaired or renewed | 22 |
Water supplied to W.C.s | 1 |
New W.C. Apartments provided. | 19 |
W.C. Apartments lighted, repaired and ventilated | 26 |
New Impervious Sinks provided | 90 |
New Waste Pipes fixed | 58 |
Existing Waste Pipes trapped or repaired | 6 |
Urinals cleansed or repaired | 2 |
Urinals renewed | 3 |
Additional and eparate sanitary accommodation (or both sexes provided | 1 |
Sanitary accomodation provided | 1 |
Miscellaneous | 4 |
Miscellaneous.
Roofs repaired | 44 |
Eaves Gutters renewed or repaired | 35 |
Stack Pipes renewed or repaired | 34 |
Stack Pipes disconnected from Drains | 67 |
Damp Walls remedied | 71 |
Ventilation provided beneath floors | 32 |
Yards paved | 87 |
Yard Paving repaired | 17 |
Yards cleansed | 7 |
Floors of Rooms repaired | 32 |
Floors of Rooms renewed or repaved | 7 |
Rooms repaired, cleansed and distempered | 418 |
Additional light and ventilation to sculleries | 8 |
Verminous rooms cleansed | 9 |
Bedding cleansed | 3 |
New ceilings | 5 |
Windows repaired, renewed or made to open | 88 |