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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
Ilford 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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153
NUISANCES.
For the detection and abatement of nuisances, the
district has been systematically inspected, and especially in
those localities where they are most likely to exist and recur.
As the result of these inspections a considerable amount of work was carried out, the detail's being as follows:—
| Drainage. | Totals. |
|---|---|
| Cesspits and privies abolished | 4 |
| Do. do. emptied and cleansed | 44 |
| Ditches cleansed | 6 |
| Drains cleansed | 264 |
| Do. disconnected from sewer | 2 |
| Do. intercepted do | 9 |
| Do. exposed for examination | 7 |
| Do. repaired or relaid | 195 |
| Do. sealed | 34 |
| Do. connected to main sewer | 6 |
| Glazed stoneware sinks fitted | 5 |
| Flushing cisterns to W.C.'s repaired or provided | 153 |
| Inspection chambers provided | 24 |
| Do. do. covers fitted | 38 |
| Rain-water down pipes disconnected from drain | 15 |
| Sink waste pipes do. do. | 1 |
| Do. do. repaired or provided | 31 |
| Ventilating do. do. do. | 68 |
| Urinals cleansed | 4 |
| W.C. pans and traps fitted | 119 |
| W.C. fittings repaired | 190 |
| W.C. floors concreted | 117 |
| Yards drained | 21 |