London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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| Yards paved or repaired | 8 |
| Internal walls and ceilings repaired | 150 |
| Doors and frames repaired or renewed | 18 |
| windows repaired or renewed | 63 |
| Floors repaired or renewed | 37 |
| Sub- floor ventilation provided or improved | 4 |
| Rooms cleansed or redecorated | 20 |
| Stoves repaired or renewed | 9 |
| Staircases repaired and handrails provided | 2 |
| Fireplaces and flues repaired or renewed | 21 |
| Washbasins and sinks provided or renewed | 3 |
| Wastepipes repaired or renewed | 10 |
| Dustbins provided or renewed | 7 |
| Water supply improved or reinstated | 6 |
| water closet walls and ceilings cleansed | 4 |
| Water closet pans repaired, renewed or cleansed | 4 |
| water closet cisterns repaired or renewed | 16 |
| Water closet structures repaired or rebuilt | 4 |
| Water closet flush pipe joints repaired | 4 |
| Drains cleansed from obstruction | 193 |
| Drains repaired or renewed | 20 |
| Miscellaneous | 9 |
| Number of rooms disinfected | 85 |
| Premises from which bedding removed for steam disinfection | 81 |
| Number of rooms disinfested | 12 |