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 Tottenham]
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GENERAL SANITARY WORK.
Hereunder is specified in tabular form the inspections by the Sanitary
Officers during 1925, and the nature of the defects discovered:—
GENERAL SANTARY WORK.
Hereunder is specified in tabular form the inspections by the Sanitary Officers durning 1925, and the nature of the defects discovered:-
Harringay. Ward (Mr. Redston). | West Green Ward (Mr. West). | St. Ann's Ward (Mr. Smith). | High Cross Ward (Mr. Portman). | Middle Ward (Mr. Miller). | Lower Ward (Mr. Shillito). | |
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House-to-house inspections | 110 | 187 | 108 | 70 | 110 | 200 |
Re-inspections | 1473 | 1066 | 1402 | 914 | 1549 | 1245 |
Drains examined, tested, etc. | 72 | 46 | 189 | 71 | 98 | 106 |
Drains unstopped | 11 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 23 | 69 |
Drains reconstructed and repaired | 46 | 12 | 36 | 20 | 43 | 35 |
Disconnecting traps inserted | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Soil pipes and drains ventilated | 20 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 37 | 14 |
R.W. pipes, wastes, etc. disconnected | 6 | 9 | 49 | 5 | 26 | 14 |
Dustbins provided | 51 | 41 | 185 | 32 | 42 | 53 |
Roofs repaired | 107 | 79 | 92 | 49 | 43 | 62 |
Gutters repaired and renewed | 102 | 68 | 58 | 23 | 21 | 32 |
Cisterns cleaned, repaired, etc. | 21 | 12 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 26 |
W.C. new apparatus provided | 12 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | I 96 |
W.C. repaired, cleaned, etc. | 41 | 28 | 41 | — | 17 | |
W.C. Water Fittings repaired | 49 | 43 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 50 |
Yards paved and drained | 34 | 33 | 26 | 31 | 45 | 17 |
Premises cleaned, etc. | 157 | 175 | 177 | 59 | 176 | 163 |
Ventilation below floor provided | 14 | 15 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Defective window frames and sashes | 24 | 46 | 60 | 13 | 9 | 195 |
Other defects | 42 | 108 | 216 | 30 | 54 | — |
Smoke observations | 35 | 26 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 8 |
Accumulations of refuse | 22 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 17 |
Visits in connection with cases of infectious disease (including Tuberculosis) | j 129 | 119 | 142 | 122 | 108 | 227 |
Rooms inspected after disinfection | 19 | 46 | 89 | 112 | 90 | 59 |
Other inspections, etc. | 38 | 104 | 210 | 53 | 94 | — |
Factories—No. of inspections | 45 | 50 | 43 | 3 | 16 | 41 |
Workshops & workplaces ,, | 60 | 63 | 42 | 6 | 24 | 75 |
Laundries ,, | 4 | 10 | 4 | — | 4 | — |
Dairies, etc. ,, | 68 | 51 | 44 | 20 | 40 | 39 |
Cowsheds ,, | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
Bakehouses ,, | 32 | 27 | 44 | 7 | 58 | 48 |
P.H. urinals ,, | 121 | 52 | 54 | 45 | 75 | 59 |
Stables and Mews ,, | 63 | 73 | 66 | 3 | 58 | 42 |
Complaints investigated v. | 111 | 153 | 382 | 233 | 111 | 189 |
Appointments | 121 | 112 | 85 | 21 | 96 | 300 |
School inspections | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
Pawnbrokers | 3 | — | — | — | — | z |
Common Lodging Houses | — | — | — | 27 | — | 28 |
Slaughter-houses | — | 81 | 28 | 30 | — | 80 |
Knackers' Yards | — | — | — | 48 | — | — |
Brooks and Watercourses | 6 | — | — | 1 | 20 | 6 |
Butchers'shops | 98 | 77 | 32 | 106 | 97 | 107 |
Fishmongers'shops | 95 | 29 | 30 | 34 | 79 | 61 |
Fruiterers'shops | 83 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 54 | 47 |
Ice Cream premises | 6 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 9 |