Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1899
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Brought forward
470
Defective sink | 1 |
„ staircase | 1 |
„ doors | 3 |
„ water fittings | 3 |
„ sink waste pipes | 6 |
Dirty water-closets | 41 |
Bell trap inside dairy | 1 |
Gully ,, | 3 |
Water-closet „ | 1 |
Accumulation of offensive matter | 18 |
No separate water supply for domestic purposes | 24 |
Cisterns uncovered | 49 |
„ dirty | 40 |
Yards unpaved | 12 |
No dust receptacle | 24 |
Infectious disease in house-patient not isolated | 2 |
No water supply to water-closet | 5 |
Sink waste connected to drain | 16 |
Stack pipes „ „ | 12 |
No grids to gullies | 6 |
Total | 738 |
Table showing business being carried on in shops where Milk is being sold :—
Dairies | 85 |
General shops | 161 |
Grocery and provision | 70 |
Private houses | 33 |
Bakers and confectionery | 22 |
Greengrocery | 5 |
Cornchandlery | 2 |
Butcher | 1 |
Total | 379 |