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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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| External brickwork, sills, etc., repaired, renewed or rendered impervious | 176 |
| Number of damp-proof courses provided | 34 |
| Number of yards paved, repaired or drained | 136 |
| Interior Work: | |
| Number of rooms striped and cleansed (other than in | |
| connection with infectious diseases) | 3S8 |
| Number of floors, walls and ceilings repaired or renewed | 530 |
| Number of rooms in which ventilation provided or improved | 13 |
| Number of rooms in which lighting provided or improved | 3 |
| Number of window frames and sashes provided, repaired or unfixed | 98 |
| Number of stoves or grates provided or repaired | 76 |
| Number of instances in which ventilation under floors provided or repaired | 43 |
| Number of other repairs | 102 |
| Sundry Nuisances: | |
| Number of instances in which domestic cleansing carried out | 7 |
| Number of food stores provided, cleansed or improved | 8 |
| Number of washing coppers provided or repaired | 58 |
| Number of verminous conditions abated | 47 |
| Number of rooms sprayed for the removal of vermin by the Disinfector | 174 |
| Number of overcrowding abated | 10 |
| Number of keeping animals abated | 21 |
| Number of offensive accumulations removed | 29 |
| Number of urinals cleansed, repaired or improved | 4 |
| Number of dungpits provided, repaired or improved | 1 |
| Number of other nuisances | 2 |
OTHER WORK.
Shops Acts 1912-13:
| Number of inspections made | 242 |
| Number of contraventions found | 52 |