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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Windows repaired, renewed or made to open | 170 |
Additional light to rooms | 1 |
Door and window sills renewed or repaired | 70 |
Doors renewed or repaired | 36 |
Frame joints remade | 19 |
Door locks repaired or renewed | 13 |
Door frames repaired | 7 |
New Portable Ashbins provided | 203 |
Accumulations of manure and refuse removed | 8 |
Nuisance from overcrowding abated | 12 |
Water supply provided direct from rising main | 11 |
Service Water Pipe repaired | 1 |
Service Water Tanks cleansed, covered or removed | 7 |
Use of Well Water discontinued and/or M.W.B. supply laid on | 3 |
Stoves and Firegrates repaired or renewed | 63 |
Fireplace surrounds or hearths repaired | 18 |
Flues repaired | 4 |
Coppers repaired or renewed | 27 |
Obstructive Buildings demolished | 6 |
Illegal use of Basement Rooms discontinued | 2 |
Houses repainted externally or internally | 13 |
Insanitary Houses demolished (Housing Act and including one in anticipation of formal action) | 21 |
Verminous premises cleansed | 7 |
Skirting repaired or renewed | 12 |
Brickwork repaired or repointed | 10 |
Nuisance from animals abated | 3 |
Miscellaneous | 24 |
SMOKE ABATEMENT.
The number of complaints of excessive smoke or grit
received during 1934 was 7.
Forty-two observations of chimneys were made.
I have heard it said from time to time that smoke is
not a problem which Kingston needs to bother about. This
is true if one considers it unnecessary to take action until