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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 1896
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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SPECIAL COMPLAINTS, 1896.
| no. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Insanitary condition of houses | 52 | |
| Defective water closet apparatus | 38 | |
| Inefficient flushing to closets | 59 | |
| Offensive odours | 53 | |
| Defective drains | 46 | |
| Animals kept a nuisance | 56 | |
| Offensive accumulations and deposits | 32 | |
| Choked drains | 34 | |
| Smoke nuisances | 5 | |
| Polluted ditches | 5 | |
| Damp walls | 14 | |
| Dirty cisterns | 10 | |
| Water in cellars | 2 | |
| Ballast burning | 5 | |
| Manure collection | 29 | |
| Dirty yards | 12 | |
| Stagnant pools | 8 | |
| Gipsy caravans | 7 | |
| Fried fish | 4 | |
| Overcrowding | 13 | |
| 484 | ||
| Notices received from Water Company of supply being discontinued | 245 | |
| Ditto, found to be occupied | 36 | |
| Total | 520 | |