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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Premises at which defects or nuisances
were discovered 1269
DRAINAGE AND SANITARY FITTINGS. | Number |
---|---|
No. of houses and premises redrained | 7 |
Premises connected to surface water sewers | 1 |
Repairs or amendments to existing drains | 63 |
Drains or gullies unstopped and cleansed | 182 |
Rainwater pipes disconnected from soil drains | 2 |
Sanitary fittings repaired, renewed, | |
provided or cleansed | 519 |
Eater and smoke tests applied | 230 |
W.C. APARTMENTS. . | |
New Apartments provided | 6 |
W.C. Apartments lighted and/or ventilated | 9 |
Ventilated lobbies to W.C. Apartments provided | 4 |
Alternative sanitary accommodation provided | 2 |
Separate accommodation for sexes provided | 1 |
STRUCTURAL REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS. | |
Roofs, renewed or repaired | 103 |
Guttering and rainwater pipes provided, repaired etc | 87 |
Damp walls remedied | 90 |
Brick walls repointed,.ropaired or rendered | 10 |
Chimney stacks repaired or rebuilt | 8 |
Yards pa-ved or repaired | 19 |
Sites of houses concreted | 13 |
Floors relaid or repaired | 112 |
Additional lighting or ventilation to rooms | 2 |
Windows and/or cills repaired or renewed | 34 |
Doors and thresholds provided or repaired | 25 |
Staircases and handrails repaired or provided | 3 |
Ranges, stoves and coppers repaired or renewed | 21 |
Miscellaneous | 141 |
CLEANSING | |
Rooms, passages, larders etc., cleansed | 370 |
Trade promises cleansed | 54 |
Verminous houses disinfested - Bugs, fleas and Scabies | 35 |
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