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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
Southall-Norwood 1920
[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 | |