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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 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Ventilation provided beneath floors | 28 |
| Site of house concreted | 1 |
| Yards and passages paved | 74 |
| Yard Paving repaired | 12 |
| Yards cleansed | 6 |
| Floors of Rooms repaired | 34 |
| Floors of Rooms renewed or repaved | 13 |
| Rooms repaired, cleansed and distempered | 261 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 6 |
| New ceilings | 8 |
| Windows repaired, renewed or made to open | 86 |
| Doors re-newed or repaired | 6 |
| Cisterns repaired, cleansed, covered or removed | 11 |
| Door and window sills renewed or repaired | 44 |
| Stairs repaired or renewed | 5 |
| Portable ashbins provided | 182 |
| Accumulations of manure and refuse removed | 8 |
| Nuisance from overcrowding abated | 23 |
| Nuisance from animals abated | 6 |
| Water supplied direct from main | 19 |
| Water supply reinstated | 5 |
| Premises connected to M.W. B. mains and use of well water discontinued— | 32 |
| Premises limewashed (Workshops, food preparing rooms, etc) | 6 |
| Fire grates repaired or renewed | 31 |
| Sheds Removed | 2 |
| Defective coppers repaired | 22 |
| Walls repaired, repointed or rebuilt | 37 |
| Handrails, provided to staircases, or repaired | 12 |
| Manure or offal receptacles provided or repaired | 2 |
| Nuisance from smoke abated | 3 |
| House demolished | 3 |
| Basement dwelling vacated | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 6 |
Smoke Abatement.
The number of complaints in respect of alleged
nuisance from smoke received during 1927 was seven, as
compared with two received during 1926. Thirteen smoke
observations were made, and in several instances excessive
amounts of smoke were recorded.