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 Harrow-on-the-Hill]
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SANITARY WORK, 1901. N°" 3"
Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings. | Disinfection. | Dust. | Sundry Nuisances Abated. | jtvemarKS as 10 any other matters or in explanation of previous columns. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Water Closets | Percentage of Houses provided with Water Closets. | Drains. | Cesspools. | Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rooms Disinfected (a) Ordinary infectious diseases, (b) Phthisis. | Rooms stripped and cleansed. | Articles Disinfected or destroyed, (a) Ordinary infectious disease, (£) Phthisis. | New Bins provided. | How frequently is dust removed from | each house ? | Number of Complaints of Non-Removal received. | Method of Disposal (a) Destructor, (b) by tipping), (c) Other, state method. | Overcrowding. | Smoke. | Accumulations of Refuse. | Foul Ditches, Ponds, &c., and Stagnant Water. | | Foul Pigs and other Animals. | Dampness. | Yards repaved or repaired. | Other Nuisances. | * Re-testing made by builders during structural alterations to drains are not included in this total | |||||||||||||
Number of Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles. | Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved. | Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c. | Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, See. | Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes Disconnected, Repaired, &c. | New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts fixed. | i Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired. | Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted. | Reconstructed. | Rendered Impervious, Emptied Cleansed, &c. | Abolished, and Drain connected to Sewer. | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | 99% | 30 | 104 | 34 | 48 | 68 | 31 | 1 | nil | 99 % | Ill | 19 | 823 | 59 | weekly | 9 | Refuse tipped in heap at Sewage farm burnt. | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 28 | 40 | 30 | |||
8 | 1 | 197 |