London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Drains or Gullies unstopped or cleansed | 59 |
| New Manholes provided | 98 |
| Intercepting Traps fixed | 26 |
| Fresh-air Inlet Shafts repaired, renewed or provided | 31 |
| New Gully Traps fixed | 148 |
| Gully Curbs renewed or repaired | 2 |
| New Soil Pipes and/or Ventilating Shafts | 51 |
| Ventilating Shaft repaired | 2 |
| Disposal of waste oil in surface water gully discontinued | 1 |
| Gully trap inside house discontinued | 2 |
| New surface water drain | 1 |
| Cesspool Emptied | 2 |
| Petrol Interceptor constructed | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 7 |
| Roofs repaired, new fillets, soakers, etc. | 75 |
| New gutters and stack pipes provided to roofs | 7 |
| Eaves gutters renewed or repaired | 36 |
| Stack Pipes renewed or repaired | 32 |
| Stack Pipes disconnected from drains | 34 |
| Dampness abated | 49 |
| Defective walls repaired, repointed, etc. | 83 |
| Defective walls cement rendered | 8 |
| Chimney stacks rendered, repointed etc. | 30 |
| New Chimney Pots fixed | 4 |
| Ventilation provided beneath floors | 24 |
| Ventilation provided to rooms | 25 |
| Staircases lighted or stairs repaired | 36 |
| Handrails to staircases provided or refixed | 8 |
| Sites of Houses concreted | 6 |
| Yards paved | 47 |
| Yard paving repaired and yards cleansed | 37 |
| Paved pathways constructed or repaired | 25 |
| Floors of Rooms repaired | 39 |
| New floors of Rooms | 29 |
| Rooms repaired, cleansed or distempered | 289 |
| Larders ventilated and cleansed | 3 |
| New ceilings | 20 |