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 Wealdstone]
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No. 3. SANITARY WORK, 1919.
Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings. | Disinfection. | Dust. | Sundry Nuisances Abated. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Water Closets. | Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets. | Drains. | Cesspools. | Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers | Rooms Disinfected. | infected or Destroyed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles. | Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved. | Examined, Tested, Exposed, etc. | Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, etc. | Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes Disconnected, Repaired, etc. | New Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts fixed. | Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired. | Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted. | Reconstructed. | Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, etc. | Abolished, and Drain connected to Sewer. | Ordinary infectious diseases. | Phthisis. | Rooms stripped and cleansed. | Ordinary infectious disease. | Phitisis. | New bins provided. | How frequently is dust removed from each house ? | Number of Complaints of non-removal received. | Method of Disposal. | Overcrowding. | Smoke. | Accumulation of refuse. | Foul ditches, ponds, &c., and stagnant water. | Foul pigs and other animals | Dampness. | Yards repaved or repaired. | Other nuisances | ||||
Destructor. | By Tipping. | Other, state method. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- | 47 | All | 2 | 110 | 19 | 1 | 13 | - | 1 | 3 | 99.7 | 73 | 3 | 48 | 10 | - | 105 | Weekly | 21 | Half | Half | - | 3 | - | 60 | 3 | 48 | 72 | 21 | 107 |