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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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Defects in Dwelling Houses.Totals.
Houses concreted under floors6
Do. ventilated do.3
Basement ventilated1
Dilapidated cottages repaired31
Floors repaired6
Houses cleansed41
Gutters and down pipes cleansed, repaired, or provided107
Roofs repaired45
Walls and ceilings repaired10
Do. protected against dampness18
Water fittings repaired12
Do. laid on or reinstated to W.C.'s95
Do. storage cisterns repaired or provided9
Window and frames, doors and frames, repaired49
Windows made to open7
Yards, paving repaired199
Do., cleansed23
Ilford Improvements Acts.
Galvanized iron dustbins provided145
Land fenced in1
Water laid on2
Yards paved28
Bye-laws.
Water storage cisterns cleansed109
Do. do. covered30
Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act.
Articles removed for disinfection3321
Houses disinfected469
Rooms stripped and cleansed57