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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
Merton and Morden 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton and Morden]
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SUMMARY.
Visits paid (total) 3,229
Dampness in premises remedied 30
Doors repaired 3
Drains exposed and repaired 5
Drains reconstructed 1
Drinking water cisterns cloancd out and repaired 23
Drinking water cistern covers provided 12
Dustbins provided 31
Floors repaired 8
Fresh air inlet valves provided and repaired 15
Inspection chamber covers provided 6
Intercepting trap stoppers provided 4
Obstructions removed from drains 34
Overcrowding remedied at premises 7
Rain water pipes renewed and repaired 4
Rooms cleansed 213
Rooms cleansed after infectious disease 51
Roofs and gutters repaired or renewed 47
Sink wastes repaired 2
Walls repaired 57
W.C. cisterns, new waste preventors provided 1
W.C. cisterns renewed and repaired 8
Water closets cleansed 21
W.C. flushes renewed and repaired 19
W.C. pans provided
Windows repaired 11
Yards paved and re-paved 20
Stoves repaired 11
Sinks provided or repaired 2
Covers provided to manure pits 3
Cffensive accumulations removed .5
Water supplied direct from main service 9
Verminous premises fumigated and cleansed 1
Separate approaches provided to sanitary conveniences
at factories 1