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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
Heston and Isleworth 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Drains:
| Number examined, exposed, etc. | 8 |
| Number unstopped, repaired, trapped, etc. | 133 |
| Number of waste pipes provided, dis-connected, repaired, trapped or unstopped | 60 |
| Number of soil pipes (8) or ventilating shafts (27) fixed, repaired or improved | 35 |
| Number of fresh air inlets provided, repaired or improved | 32 |
| Number of gully traps inserted or improved | 97 |
| Number of dis-connecting chambers inserted | 5 |
| Number of dis-connecting chambers repaired, improved, sealed or cleansed | 40 |
| Number of drains constructed or re-constructed | 6 |
| Total length of drain pipes laid (4"-224", 6"-127') | 351 |
| Number of tests and retests applied | 58 |
| Number of other works | 5 |
| Approximate percentage of houses draining into Council's sewer | 98 |
| Infectious Diseases, Disinfection, &c.: Number of visits made | 975 |
| Number of rooms disinfected— | |
| (a) ordinary Infectious diseases | 290 |
| 61 | |
| Number of rooms stripped and cleansed after infectious diseases— | |
| 58 | |
| (6) by Local Authority | 28 |
| Number of articles disinfected or destroyed | 2679 |
| Removal of Household Refuse: | |
| Number of new ashbins provided | 453 |
| Number of ashpits abolished | 3 |
| Number of complaints of non-removal received | 10 |
| Dampness: | |
| Number of roofs striped, renewed or repaired | 212 |
| Number of gutters and rain water pipes provided, repaired or unstopped | 201 |
| Number of rain water pipes disconnected from drain | 32 |