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Hornsey 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: 224/1895 (C III.)COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1897.

224/1895 (C III.)COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1897.

Sanitary Districts.Water Supply and Water Service.Privy & Ash Pits, Ash & Earth Closets.Drainage and Sewerage.
Wells.Houses, Water Laid on to.Percentage of Houses Supplied from Mains.Cisterns.Flush Cisterns Provided to W.C.'s.Draw-Taps Removed from Cisterns to Mains.Percentage of Houses supplied on Constant System.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.Sewers.
New Sunk.Cleansed, Repaired, &c.Closed as Polluted.New, Provided.Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Overflow Pipes Disconnected from Drains.Above Ground Receptacles Substituted for Pits.Movable Receptacles Substituted for fixed.Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles.New Constructed.New Apparatus Provided.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Supplied with Water, or supply rendered efficient.Ventilated.Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c.Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, &c., Disconnected.Soil Pipes and Drains Ventilated.Disconnecting-Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.New Laid.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, &c.Abolished, and Drain Connected to Sewer.Yards of New Sewers Laid.Yards of Sewers Reconstructed.
HORNSEYURBAN DISTRICT.———All excepting few isolated Cottages.10019934—60———136591411103310018125323813753698——100Surface water Sewers 4860 yards.670
7540
Foul water Sewer 2080 yards.