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 Leyton]
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SANITARY WORK.
Under the most capable supervision of Captain Miller and his energetic staff the following sanitary work has been properly carried out:—
Houses inspected | 3168 |
Connections of drains tested | 3120 |
Notices served | 1834 |
Complaints received | 380 |
Defective drains remedied | 370 |
W.C.'s in defective state, new traps and straight backed pans provided where necessary | 409 |
Sink, bath and lavatory wastes, and rain pipes made to discharge in open air over trapped gullies | 177 |
Defective gullies replaced, and defective connections of gullies remedied | 441 |
New sink and bath waste pipes provided and repaired | 126 |
New salt-glazed stoneware sinks provided | 53 |
Bath, waste and lavatory sink pipes trapped immediately under arrangement | 82 |
Ventilating shafts repaired, also provided to soil pipes and drains | 106 |
Defective soil pipes remedied, &c. | |
Flush cisterns supplied to w.c.'s with efficient flush pipes | 43 |
Flush cisterns and flush pipes repaired | |
Yards paved around back additions of houses and forecourts paved or repaired | 175 |
Yards cleansed | 21 |
New manhole covers provided and sealed | 35 |
Manholes rendered and repaired | 10 |
Ventilation provided under flooring | 14 |
Floors of sculleries paved and repaired, and cellars and floors drained and concreted | 76 |
House roofs and guttering repaired and renewed | 191 |
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated, or filthy condition, repaired and cleansed | 583 |
Walls of back additions properly rendered | 22 |