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 Chiswick]
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TABLE III.
CHISWICK URBAN DISTRICT.
County of Middlesex—Sanitary Work, 1913.
Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings.
Water Closets— | |
Number of waterclosets substituted for dry receptacles | |
Repaired, supplied with water, or otherwise improved | 219 |
Percentage of houses provided with water closets | 100 |
Drains— | |
Examined, tested, exposed, etc. | 216 |
Unstopped, repaired, trapped, etc. | 117 |
Waste pipes, rain water pipes disconnected, repaired, etc. | 48 |
New soil pipes or ventilating pipes fixed | 71 |
Existing soil pipes or ventilating shafts repaired | — |
Disconnecting traps or chambers inserted | 25 |
Reconstructed | 58 |
Cesspools— | |
Rendered impervious, emptied, cleansed, etc. | — |
Abolished, and drain connected to sewer | - |
Percentage of houses draining into sewers | 99.9 |
Disinfection. | |
Rooms Disinfected— | |
Ordinary infectious disease | 126 |
Phthisis | 14 |
Rooms stripped and cleansed | 117 |
Articles Disinfected or Destroyed— | |
Ordinary infectious disease | 2 |
Phthisis | 6 |