London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Teddington 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Teddington]
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New manhole covers fitted 9
Public urinals cleansed or renewed 8
New water closets fixed 4
Water closets cleansed or repaired 9
New flushing cistern fixed 12
Flushing cistern repaired 41
Dwelling-houses Repaired.
Dirty walls and ceilings cleansed 136
Roofs and gutters repaired 69
Cisterns cleansed and eaves fitted 12
Draw taps fitted to main pipes 5
Damp walls remedied 20
Back yards repaired or repaved 49
Back yards cleansed 10
Ventilation below floor provided 6
Water pipes repaired 7
Window sashes and doors repaired 39
New dust bins provided 26
Defective floors and staircases repaired 35
Washing coppers repaired or renewed 20
Cooking ranges and stoves repaired or renewed 26
Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.
Number of cowkeepers in the district 2
Average number of cows kept 10
Number of dairies and milkshops 23
Number of inspections 120
Contravention of the regulations 5
Slaughter-houses.
Number in the district 6
Number of inspections 92
Defects remedied 5
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Number of workshops and workplaces on the register 79
Number of inspections to factories, workshops and
workplaces: Factories 29, workshops 91, workplaces
30 150
Defects remedied 12
31