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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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Smoke Tests applied45
Water Tests applied177
Cesspools abolished, repaired, or cleansed1
Subsoil drainage provided1
Gratings provided to gully traps3

Table: Water Closets and Sanitary Fittings,

Water Closets and Sanitary Fittings,

W.C. Apartments cleansed and limewashed46
New W.C. Basins fixed88
VV.C.s unstopped, cleansed or repaired5
W.C. Flushing Tanks repaired or renewed22
Water supplied to W.C.s1
New W.C. Apartments provided.19
W.C. Apartments lighted, repaired and ventilated26
New Impervious Sinks provided90
New Waste Pipes fixed58
Existing Waste Pipes trapped or repaired6
Urinals cleansed or repaired2
Urinals renewed3
Additional and eparate sanitary accommodation (or both sexes provided1
Sanitary accomodation provided1
Miscellaneous4

Table: Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.

Roofs repaired44
Eaves Gutters renewed or repaired35
Stack Pipes renewed or repaired34
Stack Pipes disconnected from Drains67
Damp Walls remedied71
Ventilation provided beneath floors32
Yards paved87
Yard Paving repaired17
Yards cleansed7
Floors of Rooms repaired32
Floors of Rooms renewed or repaved7
Rooms repaired, cleansed and distempered418
Additional light and ventilation to sculleries8
Verminous rooms cleansed9
Bedding cleansed3
New ceilings5
Windows repaired, renewed or made to open88