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 Walthamstow]
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The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year by the Sanitary Inspectors:—
1921. | 1920. | |
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Number of Inspections made | 6145 | 6425 |
Number of nuisances detected | 2742 | 2260 |
Number of complaints received | 2188 | 1847 |
Informal Notices served | 2617 | 2532 |
,, „ complied with | 2418 | 1870 |
Statutory Notices served | 33 | 42 |
The nature and variety of the work is shown in the following tables:—
Drains tested | 260 |
„ reconstructed or repaired | 260 |
„ obstructions removed | 196 |
,, means of access provided | 38 |
„ ventilation provided | 35 |
„ ,, repaired | 134 |
Soil pipes repaired | 26 |
,, new provided | 5 |
Rainwater pipes, renewed | 180 |
„ ,, disconnected from drains | 6 |
Roofs repaired or renewed | 448 |
Gutterings repaired or renewed | 335 |
W.c. pans or traps provided | 127 |
Gully traps provided | 67 |
W.c. flush cisterns provided | 46 |
„ „ repaired | 256 |
„ reinstated | 49 |
W.c. floors concreted | 49 |
W.c.'s repaired and cleansed | 257 |
W.c.'s, light and ventilation improved | 1 |
Waste-pipes renewed or trapped | 225 |
New sinks provided | 12 |
Water supply reinstated | 11 |
Cisterns cleansed and covered | 106 |
Drinking-water cisterns abolished | 0 |
Urinals, improved flushes provided | 1 |
„ cleansed or repaired | 9 |
,, paved | 1 |
„ provided new | 1 |
Sculleries paved | 29 |
Yards and forecourts paved and repaired | 341 |
Dirty houses cleansed | 99 |
„ rooms cleansed | 4,567 |
Floors repaired | 234 |