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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 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Sanitary Administration.

Table: Table of Defective Conditions Remedied.

Table of Defective Conditions Remedied.

Drainage.
Drains inspected on complaint59
„ Water tests applied46
„ Smoke tests applied19
„ Cleansed or repaired60
„ relaid16
„ reconstructed2
Inspection Chambers repaired4
„ „ new provided19
Interceptors—caps fixed2
Soil Pipes renewed1
„ „ new provided5
Ventilating Shafts repaired4
Fresh air inlets repaired or new provided19
Rain water pipes disconnected from drains4
Water Closets.
Pans and traps provided36
Waste water preventers repaired27
„ ,, „ new provided6
„ „ „ Water supplied21
Apartments repaired82
„ lighted and ventilated10
Sinks and Baths.
Repaired or newly fixed26
Waste pipes repaired12
„ „ newly fixed1
„ „ trapped2
Cesspools.
Abolished1
Urinals.
Repaired or cleansed3
Flushing apparatus provided1
Structurally improved1