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 Twickenham]
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Water-Closets—New constructed 15
New apparatus provided 77
Repaired, cleansed, &c. 139
Supplied with water or supply rendered
efficient 123
Ventilated 7
Unsound Food—Articles seized 40
Disinfection—Rooms fumigated 64
Stripped and Cleansed 23
Drains—Examined, tested, exposed, &c 49
Unstopped, repaired, trapped, &c. 172
Waste pipes, rain pipes, &c., disconnected 35
Soil pipes and drains ventilated 54
Disconnecting Traps or Chamber inserted 35
Reconstructed 12
Relaid 42
Cesspools filled in 1
Cesspools cleaned out 2
Dust—Dustbins repaired 4
Number of complaints of non-removal 128
New Dustbins provided 89
Movable receptacles substituted for fixed 36
Statutory Orders issued 627
In addition to the foregoing, repeated inspections were
made and work of whitewashing and cleansing executed in the
following buildings:—
Laundries 49
Slaughter Houses 10
Dairies and Milk-shops 36
Workshops and Workplaces 136
Bakehouses 18
Cowsheds 8
Housing of the Working Classes Acts.
The Council had occasion to issue five notices upon
owners of premises in a state so dangerous or injurious to health
as to be unfit for human habitation. Proceedings before the