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Walthamstow 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Table: 7. SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year by the Sanitary Inspectors:—

7. SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.

The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year by the Sanitary Inspectors:—

1921.1920.
Number of Inspections made61456425
Number of nuisances detected27422260
Number of complaints received21881847
Informal Notices served26172532
,, „ complied with24181870
Statutory Notices served3342

Table: The nature and variety of the work is shown in the following tables:—

The nature and variety of the work is shown in the following tables:—

Drains tested260
„ reconstructed or repaired260
„ obstructions removed196
,, means of access provided38
„ ventilation provided35
„ ,, repaired134
Soil pipes repaired26
,, new provided5
Rainwater pipes, renewed180
„ ,, disconnected from drains6
Roofs repaired or renewed448
Gutterings repaired or renewed335
W.c. pans or traps provided127
Gully traps provided67
W.c. flush cisterns provided46
„ „ repaired256
„ reinstated49
W.c. floors concreted49
W.c.'s repaired and cleansed257
W.c.'s, light and ventilation improved1
Waste-pipes renewed or trapped225
New sinks provided12
Water supply reinstated11
Cisterns cleansed and covered106
Drinking-water cisterns abolished0
Urinals, improved flushes provided1
„ cleansed or repaired9
,, paved1
„ provided new1
Sculleries paved29
Yards and forecourts paved and repaired341
Dirty houses cleansed99
„ rooms cleansed4,567
Floors repaired234