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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Manholes altered or repaired 2
Intercepting Traps fixed 26
Fresh-air Inlet Shafts repaired or renewed 33
New Gully Traps fixed 157
Gully Curbs renewed or repaired 9
New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts 42
Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired 3
Smoke Tests applied 42
Water Tests applied 80
Subsoil drainage provided 4
Gratings provided to gully traps 3
Rain Water Pipe disconnected from Soil Pipe 1
Miscellaneous 1
Water Closets and Sanitary Fittings,
W.C. Apartments cleansed and limewashed 44
New W.C. Basins fixed 78
W.C.s unstopped, cleansed or repaired 10
W.C. Flushing Tanks repaired or renewed 54
Water supplied to W.C.s 2
New W.C. Apartments provided 5
W.C. Apartments lighted, repaired and ventilated 46
New Impervious Sinks provided 40
New Waste Pipes fixed 40
Existing Waste Pipes trapped or repaired 4
Urinals cleansed or repaired 14
Urinals reconstructed 2
Miscellaneous.
New roofs 3
Roofs repaired 51
Eaves Gutters renewed or repaired 48
Stack Pipes renewed or repaired 37
Stack Pipes disconnected from Drains 93
Damp Walls remedied 69
Ventilation provided beneath floors 42
Yards and passages paved 85
Yard Paving repaired 8
Yards cleansed 11
Floors of Rooms repaired 44
Floors of Rooms renewed or repaved 15
Rooms repaired, cleansed and distempered 387
Additional light and ventilation to sculleries 4
Verminous rooms cleansed 8