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 Southall-Norwood]
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Number of Percentage of Houses supplied from Public | |
Supply | 99-6 |
„ „ New Provided | - |
„ „ Cleansed, Repaired, Covered | 12 |
,, ., Draw Taps placed on Mains | - |
,, „ Percentage of Houses supplied on Constant System | 99-6 |
,, ,, Samples obtained from Public Supply Wells | i |
Main Supply | 2 |
Water Closets:— | |
Number of Water Closets substituted for dry receptacles | — |
„ Repaired, supplied with Water, etc. | 27 |
Drainage and Sewerage of Existing Buildings:— | |
Number of Percentage of Houses with Water Closets | 996 |
„ examined, tested, exposed, etc. | 42 |
„ unstopped, repaired, trapped | 80 |
„ Waste Pipes,Rain Pipes disconnected and repaired | 32 |
„ New Soil Pipes or Vent Pipes fixed | 20 |
„ existing Soil and Vent Shafts repaired | 11 |
„ disconnecting Traps and Chambers inserted | 1 |
„ reconstructed | 1 |
Number rendered impervious, emptied, cleansed | 6 |
„ abolished and Drain connected to the Sewer | — |
„ of Percentage of Houses draining into Sewer | 99-6 |
Disinfection:— | |
Number of Rooms disinfected: (a) ordinary Infectious | |
Disease (192); (b) Phthisis (22) | 187 |
,, Rooms stripped and cleansed | 24 |
„ Articles destroyed or disinfected | 2 |
„ Ordinary Infectious Disease | 1.439 |
„ Phthisis | 53 |
Dust: | |
Number of New Bins provided | 350 |
How frequently is dust removed Weekly | |
Number of complaints of non-removal | 12 |
Methods of disposal Tipping | |