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 Wimbledon]
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Inspection chambers, new, provided 11
Inspection chambers, altered or repaired 20
Rainwater pipes, new provided 2
Rainwater pipes, repaired or cleared
Rainwater pipes, disconnected 7
Soil pipes and vents, new provided 2
Soil pipes and vents, repaired 20
Waste pipes, new, provided 2
Waste pipes, repaired, cleansed or trapped
W.C. accommodation, provided or improved ... 3
W.C. accommodation, ventilated space provided 3
W.C. accommodation, apartments cleansed and/or
repaired 1
W.C. pans, new, provided 24
W.C.s unstopped, cleansed or repaired 34
Flushing cisterns, new, provided 1
Flushing cisterns, repaired or regulated 49
Sinks and/or lavatory basins provided 25
Urinals provided 1
Urinals, cleansed or repaired 4
Accumulations removed 26
Animal nuisances abated 7
Dustbins provided 177
Manure receptacles provided 1
Brickwork, repaired or repointed 50
Dampness remedied 230
Roofs, renewed or repaired 211
Yard paving, repaired 16
Floors, renewed or repaired 120
Sub-floor ventilation provided 6
Fireplaces or ranges, renewed or repaired 87
Rooms, walls and ceilings, cleansed 135
Rooms, verminous, cleansed 7
Rooms, plasterwork repaired 348
Staircases, handrails provided 6
Staircases, repaired 2
Service water pipes, repaired 11
Water supply reinstated 2
Water storage cisterns repaired and/or cleansed 15
Windows, repaired 138
Windows, sills, renewed or repaired 41
Windows, sashcords renewed 142
Food Rooms, cleansed 55
Smoke nuisances abated 3
Miscellaneous nuisances abated 288
Rooms disinfected 269
Work executed by the Borough Surveyor and rechargeable under
Section 24 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Fifteen public sewers vested in the Local Authority by Section 20
of the Public Health Act, 1936, were cleansed and maintenance works
carried out.
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