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 1926. and the nature of the defects discovered:-
Late Harringay. Ward (Mr. Redston) | West Green Ward (Mr. West). | Lato St Ann b Ward (Mr. Smith). | Late High Cross Ward (Mr. Portman). | Late Middle Ward (Mr. Miller). | Late Lower Ward (Mr. Shillito). | |
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House-to-house inspections | 119 | 196 | 118 | 160 | 146 | 222 |
Re-inspections | 1184 | 1172 | 1197 | 1511 | 1406 | 1456 |
Drains examined, tested, etc. | 67 | 77 | 170 | 115 | 57 | 64 |
Drains unstopped | 31 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 102 |
Drains reconstructed and repaired | 17 | 25 | 66 | 31 | 38 | 26 |
Disconnecting traps inserted | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Soil pipes and drains ventilated | - | 4 | 8 | 16 | 89 | 26 |
R.W. pipes, wastes, etc. disconnected | - | 7 | 28 | - | 57 | 10 |
Dustbins provided | 42 | 47 | 32 | 56 | 49 | 48 |
Roofs repaired | 92 | 69 | 98 | 34 | 56 | 73 |
Gutters repaired and renewed | 87 | 71 | 80 | 23 | 27 | 40 |
Cisterns cleaned, repaired, etc. | 15 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 33 |
W.C. repaired, cleaned, etc. .. | 67 | 62 | 95 | 35 | 47 | 183 |
Yards paved and drained | 26 | 43 | 56 | 37 | 55 | 39 |
Premises cleaned, etc. | 147 | 167 | 198 | 371 | 182 | 472 |
Defective floors | 22 | 27 | 85 | 7 | 14 | 60 |
Defective window frames and sashes .. | 49 | 29 | 64 | 25 | 15 | 220 |
Defective coppers | 22 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 3 | 35 |
Defective fireplaces | 28 | 26 | 19 | 9 | 56 | |
Other defects | 85 | 97 | 103 | 45 | 55 | 74 |
Smoke observations | 31 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 9 |
Accumulations of refuse | 29 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
Visits in connection with cases of infectious disease (including Tuber | 163 | 135 | 127 | 199 | 223 | 191 |
culosis) Rooms inspected after disinfection .. | 40 | 73 | 65 | 183 | 100 | 72 |
Other inspections, etc. | 87 | 59 | 332 | 126 | 107 | 112 |
Factories-No. of inspections | 35 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 52 |
Workshops & workplaces ,, | 43 | 73 | 38 | 29 | 33 | 80 |
Laundries ,, | - | 26 | - | 2 | 6 | - |
Dairies, etc. ,, | 84 | 79 | 102 | 46 | 85 | 68 |
Cowsheds ,, Bakehouses ,, | 38 | 46 | 418 | 29 | 48 | |
P.H. urinals ,, | 131 | 52 | 39 | 68 | 68 | 52 |
Stables and Mews ,, | 54 | 70 | 53 | 16 | 80 | 10 |
Complaints investigated | 113 | 159 | 397 | 250 | 98 | 218 |
Appointments | 62 | 138 | 206 | 30 | 90 | 127 |
School inspections | - | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Pawnbrokers | 3 | - | - | 2 18 60 | - | 4 |
Common Lodging Houses Slaughter-houses | - | 93 | 32 | - | 35 80 | |
Knackers' Yards | - | - | - | 56 | - | - |
Brooks and Watercourses | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 3 |
Butchers'shops | 88 | 60 | 42 | 94 | 93 | 97 |
Fishmongers'shops | 89 | 46 | 41 | 59 | 71 | 60 |
Fruiterers'shops | 119 | 33 | 27 | 47 | 50 | 56 |
Ice Cream premises | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 |