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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Sites of houses concreted | 1 |
Yards paved | 33 |
Yard Paving repaired and yards cleansed | 21 |
Paved Pathways constructed or repaired | 22 |
Floors of Rooms repaired | 90 |
New Floors of rooms | 14 |
Rooms repaired, cleansed and distempered | 345 |
Larders ventilated and cleansed | 8 |
Food Store provided | 6 |
New Ceilings | 32 |
Premises limewashed | 26 |
Windows repaired, renewed or made to open | 279 |
Additional light to rooms | 7 |
Door and Window Sills renewed or repaired | 102 |
Doors renewed or repaired | 54 |
Frame joints re-made | 47 |
Door locks repaired or renewed | 37 |
New Portable Ashbins provided | 381 |
Accumulations of manure and refuse removed | 6 |
New Manure receptacle | 1 |
Nuisance from overcrowding abated | 14 |
Water Supply provided direct from rising main | 24 |
Service water pipes repaired | 10 |
Service water tanks cleansed, covered or removed | 12 |
Use of Well-Water discontinued and M.W.B. supply laid on | 11 |
Stoves and Firegrates repaired or renewed | 88 |
Fireplace surrounds or hearths repaired | 15 |
Flues repaired | i |
Coppers repaired or renewed | 46 |
Dilapidated Sheds demolished | 1 |
Illegal use of basement rooms discontinued | 4 |
Houses repainted externally or internally | 13 |
Boundary fences repaired or renewed | 4 |
Hot-Water apparatus provided or overhauled | 4 |
Insanitary Houses demolished (Housing Act) | 9 |
Verminous premises cleansed | 4 |
Improper sleeping rooms discontinued | 3 |
Miscellaneous | 49 |