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 Richmond]
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SANITARY DEFECTS REPORTED.
Water Supply:
Defective or foul storage tanks 16
Defective fittings (notified to Water Engineer) 4
W.C.'s and Urinals:
Defective pans 81
Foul pans 12
Defective woodwork around pans 12
Defective seats 7
Absence of water supply 12
Defective flushing apparatus 16
Defective flush-pipe connections 24
Defective walls, floors or roofs 20
Defective doors and windows 28
Want of light and ventilation 6
Insufficient closet accommodation 11
Defective walls and channels of urinals 9
Insanitary urinals cleansed 9
Defective brickwork (repaired or re-built) 11
Soil-Pipes:
Defective or insufficient soil-pipes and vent shafts 19
Want of, or defective ventilation shafts 4
Rainwater pipe acting as ventilation shafts 3
Defective Fresh air inlets 11
Drains:
Defective drains 38
Defective sewers 18
Want of additional house drains
Choked or foul drains or gullies 20
Defective or insufficient gullies 5
Defective grating, dishing or curbing 5
Absence of, or defective, interceptor 7
Defective manholes 12
Defective manhole covers and frames 11
Sub-soil drains required
Defective drainage of Stables 1