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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
Wimbledon 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Waste pipes, repaired, cleared or trapped | 33 |
| W.C. accommodation, provided or improved | 2 |
| W.C. accommodation, ventilated lobbies provided | 4 |
| W.C. accommodation, apartments cleaned or repaired | 1 |
| Water-closets, new, provided | 27 |
| Water-closets, cleared, cleansed or repaired | 50 |
| Flushing cisterns, new, provided | 11 |
| Flushing cisterns, repaired or regulated | 68 |
| Sinks or lavatory basins provided | 9 |
| Urinals provided | 2 |
| Urinals, cleaned or repaired | — |
| Accumulations removed | 23 |
| Animal nuisances abated | 2 |
| Dustbins provided | 130 |
| Brickwork, repaired or repointed | 28 |
| Dampness remedied | 479 |
| Roofs, renewed or repaired | 522 |
| Yards, paved | 1 |
| Yards, repaired | 30 |
| Floors, renewed or repaired | 175 |
| Floors, ventilated | 1 |
| Fireplaces or ranges, repaired or renewed | 58 |
| Rooms, walls and ceilings, cleansed or redecorated | 689 |
| Rooms, verminous, cleansed | 3 |
| Rooms, plasterwork repaired | 351 |
| Ventilated cupboards provided | 1 |
| Water pipes, repaired | 2 |
| Water storage cisterns, repaired, cleansed or covered | 5 |
| Windows, repaired | 98 |
| Windows, sills renewed or repaired | 16 |
| Windows, sashcords renewed | 113 |
| Factories or Workplaces, cleansed | 1 |
| Food Rooms, cleansed | 31 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 4 |
| Other nuisances abated | 1,962 |
| Rooms disinfected | 269 |
| Total | 5,740 |
Work executed by the Borough Surveyor and rechargeable under
Section 24 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Fifteen sewers vested in the Local Authority by Section 20 of the
Public Health Act, 1936, were cleared or repaired.
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