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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Urinals, cleansed or repaired | 1 |
| Accumulations removed | 30 |
| Animal nuisances abated | 3 |
| Dustbins provided | 152 |
| Manure receptacles provided | 1 |
| Brickwork, repaired or repointed | 70 |
| Dampness remedied | 379 |
| Roofs, renewed or repaired | 312 |
| Yards, paved | 4 |
| Yards, repaired | 17 |
| Floors, renewed or repaired | 212 |
| Floors, ventilated | 7 |
| Fireplaces or ranges, repaired or renewed | 122 |
| Rooms, walls and ceilings, cleansed or redecorated | 371 |
| Rooms, plasterwork repaired | 634 |
| Staircase handrails provided | 4 |
| Ventilated food cupboards provided | 1 |
| Water pipes, repaired | 16 |
| Water supply restored | 2 |
| Water storage cisterns, repaired, cleansed or covered | 12 |
| Windows, repaired | 154 |
| Windows, sills, renewed or repaired | 53 |
| Windows, sashcords renewed | 179 |
| Factories or Workshops, cleansed | 2 |
| Food Rooms, cleansed | 21 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 10 |
| Other nuisances abated | 438 |
| Rooms disinfected | 253 |
| Total | 4,083 |
Work executed by the Borough Surveyor and rechargeable under
Section 24 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Twelve sewers vested in the Local Authority by Section 20 of the
Public Health Act, 1936, were cleared or repaired.
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