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 Surbiton]
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RESULT OF INSPECTIONS—Contd.
1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | |
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Cold water draw off taps disconnected from storage cisterns and connected direct to the main | 19 | 7 | 6 | |
Storage cisterns abolished and all water fittings connected direct to the main | 22 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Water supply reinstated or laid on to house | 1 | 19 | 6 | 7 |
Storage cisterns cleansed | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Storage cisterns provided with a cover | 4 | 4 | — | 1 |
Damp walls provided with damp-proof courses | 8 | 14 | — | 2 |
,, repointed or repaired | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
,, rendered externally with Portland cement | 11 | 3 | 2 | — |
,, treated externally with damp preventing solution | 1 | 3 | — | 10 |
Sites of dwelling houses concreted to remedy dampness | 8 | 9 | — | 3 |
Ventilation under floors provided | 9 | 9 | — | — |
Defective house floors repaired or renewed ... | 36 | 17 | 4 | 7 |
Defective house walls repaired | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
Defective ceilings repaired and renewed | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Ceilings provided | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Defective doors repaired or renewed | 3 | 2 | 1 | — |
Defective windows repaired or renewed | 19 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Fixed windows made to open | 7 | 4 | — | 1 |
Sash cords repaired | 28 | 12 | 2 | 12 |
Window cills throated | 61 | 22 | — | 5 |
Window cills renewed | 3 | — | — | — |
Additional windows provided | 12 | - | — | — |
Rooms ventilated | 1 | 5 | — | — |