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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
Surbiton 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Description of Nuisances dealt with.
Defective drains cleansed, repaired, trapped, etc. 23
Stoneware gullies fixed in lieu of defective brick and iron
bell traps 349
Houses subsoil drained 1
Cesspools abolished 1
Water-closet apartments rebuilt 16
Water-closet pans cleansed or repaired 29
Old iron container and long hopper pans abolished and
pans of an approved form fixed 154
Water-closet flush pipes disconnected from domestic supply
cisterns and separate flushing cisterns fixed 103
Closets supplied with water 5
Defective water-closet flushing cisterns repaired 16
Defective flushing cisterns removed and new ones fixed 15
Soil pipes repaired 21
New soil pipes fixed 24
Soil pipes inside dwelling houses removed and fixed
outside 10
Storage cisterns cleansed 10
,, ,, repaired 2
,, ,, new provided 3
Sink and other waste pipes trapped or disconnected from
drain 102
Sink and other waste pipes repaired 55
New waste pipes provided to sinks, etc. 76
Rainwater pipes disconnected from drains or soilpipes 76
Defective rainwater pipes repaired 98
„ eaves gutters repaired 9
Houses and premises provided with eaves gutters 20
Defective roofs made watertight 31
Stable floors paved and drained 11
Public house urinals reconstructed 1
Privies converted into water-closets 6
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