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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

Lewisham 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: which it was necessary to serve notices upon the respective owners :—

which it was necessary to serve notices upon the respective owners :—

Dirty premises382
Drains defective36
Vent shafts and soil pipes defective170
Water closets and apparatus foul or defective170
Water closets with insufficient water supply130
Sink waste pipes defective or non-existent123
Yard traps and gullies defective20
Rain-water pipes defective104
Rain-water gutters defective116
Floors, walls, &c., dilapidated145
Roofs leaky and defective215
Window frames, &c., defective109
Walls damp133
Floors insufficiently ventilated24
Ashpit accommodation, absence of191
Yard paving defective or dilapidated159
Drinking water cisterns, absence of cover172
Accumulations of refuse5
Other nuisances74
Total2,391

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569 houses each contained one family.
209 „ „ „ two families.
3 „ „ „ three
COMBINED DRAINAGE.
The combined drains of the undermentioned premises
were found to be in bad order and condition, and by order of
the Council notices were served upon the respective owners,