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 Sutton and Cheam]
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Number.
Urinals cleansed 4
Urinals provided 1
Lavatory Basins provided 6
Old insanitary sinks removed 25
New impervious sinks provided 30
New waste pipes fixed 41
Waste pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped 27
Waste pipes disconnected from drains or
soakaways 1
New roofs provided 13
Roofs repaired 255
Eaves guttering provided, cleansed or repaired 104
Rainwater pipes provided, repaired or unstopped 67
Rainwater pipes disconnected from drains 11
Damp walls remedied by :—
(a) Provision of horizontal damp-proof
courses only 10
(b) Provision of vertical damp-proof courses
only 37
(c) Provision of horizontal and vertical
damp-proof courses 44
(d) Rendering of walls internally 44
(e) Rendering of walls externally 36
(f) Other means 92
Bricks walls repointed, rendered or repaired 162
Settlements in walls remedied 7
Chimney stacks repaired or pots provided 75
Ventilation under floors provided 27
Curbs and gratings to vent openings provided 9
Yards to dwelling-houses paved 39
Yard paving to dwelling-houses repaired 26
Passageways paved 6
Yards of other premises repaired 2
Yards of other premises paved 2
Floors of rooms relaid 27
Floors of rooms repaired 64
Sites of floors concreted 2
Floors of other premises relaid 6
Floors of other premises repaired 2
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