London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Barnes 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Provided101
Ashpits abolished1
Yards.
Paving repaired60
Newly Paved20
Dampness.
Roofs repaired82
Gutters and rain water pipes repaired32
Damp proof courses provided20
External walls repointed51
Floor spaces ventilated4
Dangerous structures repaired or rebuilt6
Sites below floors concreted2
General.
Food larders ventilated or new provision provided4
Windows repaired19
„ made to open1
Stairs repaired or handrails provided12
Grates repaired or renewed17
Smoky chimneys remedied2
Washing coppers repaired10
Walls and ceilings—plaster repaired90
„ „ stripped and redecorated211
Floors repaired34
Verminous premises fumigated and cleansed7
„ bedding cleansed or destroyed2
Offensive accumulations removed56
Miscellaneous defects remedied19
Animals improperly kept2
Stables.
Premises cleansed1
Manure receptacles provided or repaired—
Floors and yards properly paved and drained-
Injected Rooms and Articles.
Rooms disinfected206
„ stripped and cleaned34
Schools disinfected2
Lots of bedding disinfected155
„ „ destroyed6