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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 1928

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

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Bakehouses14
Smoke Observations20
Stables and Yards19
Enquiries re Housing Applicants115
Schools10
Well Water Enquiries312
Fair Ground4
Miscellaneous Visits245
Total8,020

Table: Drainage.

Drainage.

Number of Houses and Premises re-drained49
Number of Drains repaired or amended2
Drains or Gullies unstopped or cleansed12
Manholes provided63
Manholes altered or repaired3
Intercepting Traps fixed23
Fresh-air Inlet Shafts repaired or renewed25
New Gully Traps fixed140
Gully Curbs renewed or repaired7
New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts53
Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired1
Smoke Tests applied74
Water Tests applied136
New Rain water Soakaways6
Soil Pipe Ventilated2
Miscellaneous2
Water Closets and Sanitary Fittings,
W.C. Apartments cleansed and limewashed41
New W.C. Basins fixed85
W.C.s unstopped, cleansed or repaired7
W.C. Flushing Tanks repaired or renewed71
Water supplied to W.C.s2
W.C. Apartments lighted, repaired and ventilated61
New Impervious Sinks provided46
New Waste Pipes fixed46
Existing Waste Pipes trapped or repaired13
Urinals cleansed or repaired9
New W.C apartments provided11
Miscellaneous1