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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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COUNTY COUNCIL TABLE No. 3.
| Water Closets | Number of Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles. | — | ||
| Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved. | 76 | |||
| Percentage of Houses provided with Water Closets. | 99.9 | |||
| Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings. | Drains. | Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c. | 43 | |
| Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c. | 28 | |||
| Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, Disconnected, Repaired, &c. | 83 | |||
| New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts fixed. | 47 | |||
| Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired. | - | |||
| Disconnecting Traps or Chambers inserted. | 114 | |||
| Reconstructed. | 100 | |||
| Cesspools. | Rendered Impervious. Emptied, Cleansed, &c. | — | ||
| Abolished, and Drain connected to Sewer. | — | |||
| Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers. | 99.9 | |||
| Disinfection. | Rooms Disinfected. | Ordinary infectious diseases. | 193 | |
| Phthisis. | 18 | |||
| Rooms Stripped and Cleansed. | — | |||
| Articles Disinfected or Destroyed. | Ordinary infectious diseases. | 1085 | ||
| Phthisis. | ||||