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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Mitcham 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Yards paved or repaired
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| Dampness remedied | 90 |
| Water service pipes repaired | 9 |
| Waterclosets: Repairs to structure | 4 |
| Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed | 17 |
| New pans and traps fitted | 19 |
| Water storage cisterns cleansed, repaired or renewed | 2 |
| Water supply reinstated | 7 |
| Flooring of rooms repaired and sub-floor ventilation improved | 34 |
| Rooms cleansed | — |
| Sinks and handbasins repaired or renewed | 4 |
| Waste pipes and traps repaired or renewed | 11 |
| Window frames and sashes repaired or renewed | 43 |
| Window sills repaired or renewed | 8 |
| External brickwork (repaired, pointed or rendered) | 16 |
| Drains repaired or obstructions removed | 87 |
| Drains inspection covers renewed | 5 |
| Drains tested | 38 |
| Grid and mica flaps provided | 3 |
| Firegrates repaired (including surrounds and hearths) | 7 |
| Stoves, coppers, ranges, etc., repaired | 4 |
| Chimney stacks repaired | 5 |
| Staircases repaired | 7 |
| Doors repaired | 7 |
| Internal plaster repairs | 89 |
| Sash cords renewed | 16 |
| Dustbins provided | 14 |
| Accumulations removed | 4 |
All ponds and ditches in the Borough where mosquito breeding
was likely were sprayed with insecticide three times during the year
and larger areas where mosquitoes were found to be breeding, and
spraying was impracticable, were treated with a fogging apparatus
with satisfactory results.
Disinfestation of dust chutes at the Council's blocks of flats was
carried out by means of the high pressure fogging apparatus which
was most effective: all school canteens were similarly treated.