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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

Twickenham 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table: TABLE III.NAME OF SANITARY DISTRICT: TWICKENHAM. COUNTY OP MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, l909.

TABLE III.

NAME OF SANITARY DISTRICT: TWICKENHAM. COUNTY OP MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, l909.

Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings.disinfection.Dust.Sundry Nuisances Abated.
Water ClosetsPercentage of Houses provided with. "Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.Rooms Disinfected (a) Ordinary infectious diseases, (b) Phthisis.Rooms stripped and cleansed.Articles disinfected or destroyed, (a) Ordinary infectious disease, (b) Phthisis.New bins provided.How frequently is dust removed from each house.Number of complaints of non-removal received.Method of Disposal (a) Destructor, (b) by Tipping, (c) Other, state method.Overcrowding.Smoke.Accumulations of refuse. ^Foul ditches, ponds, &c., and stagnant water.Foul pigs and other animals.Dampness.Yards repaved or repaired.Other nuisances.
dumber of Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles.Repaired, Supplied with. "W ater,\ or otherwise Improved.Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c.Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, Disconnected, Repaired, &c.New Soil Pipes or Ventilating j Shafts fixed.Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired.Disconnecting Traps or Chambers inserted.Reconstructed.Rendered Impervious. Emptied, Cleansed, &c.Abolished, and Drain connected to Sewer.
-21799596195261457101-99.5(a) 172 (b) 2196(a)978 (b) 86310Weeekly4a & b26-281332161117383