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.
Soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired 15
Cesspools abolished 16
Pail Closets abolished 2
Rainwater soakaways provided 2
Water and Smoke tests applied to drains 288
New W.C. Basins fixed 79
W.C.'s unstopped, cleansed or repaired 65
W.C. Seats provided or repaired 104
New Flushing Cisterns provided 29
Existing Flushing Cisterns repaired 39
Joints between W.C.'s and flush pipes repaired 26
New W.C. Apartments provided 30
W.C. Apartments lighted and/or ventilated 9
Separate W.C.'s for Sexes provided 3
Ventilated Lobbies to W.C. Apartments provided
2
Urinals cleansed 4
Urinals provided 2
Lavatory Basins provided 11
Old insanitary sinks removed 34
New impervious sinks provided 53
New waste pipes fixed 49
Waste pipes trapped, repaired or unstopped 29
New roofs provided 4
Roofs repaired 231
Eaves guttering provided, cleansed or repaired 105
Rainwater pipes provided, repaired or unstopped 78
Rainwater pipes disconnected from drains 1
Damp walls remedied by :—
(a) Provision of horizontal damp-proof
Courses only 29
(b) Provision of vertical damp-proof courses
only 84
(c) Provision of horizontal and vertical
damp-proof courses 56
(d) Rendering of walls internally 63
(e) Rendering of walls externally 24
(f) Other means 172
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