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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

Willesden 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: SPECIAL COMPLAINTS, 1895.

SPECIAL COMPLAINTS, 1895.

No.
Insanitary condition of houses62
Defective water closet apparatus29
No water to w.c.33
Offensive odours59
Defective drains56
Animals kept a nuisance20
Offensive accumulations and deposits41
Drains choked39
Smoke nuisance6
Polluted ditches4
Damp walls9
Foul cisterns•2
Water in cellars8
Manure6
Dirty yards10
Stagnant pools5
Gipsy caravans6
Ballast burning9
Fried fish1
Overcrowding12
Notices received from Water Company of supply being discontinued377417
Ditto, found to be occupied20
Total437

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Notices were served in the latter cases to obtain
supply.