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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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and streets:— Beadnell Road, Boones Street, Church Street,
Collins Square, Collins Street, Dacre Street, Dallas Road,
Dillwyn Road, Dunsley Place, Essex Place, Kirtley Road,
Maddin Road, Maybank Cottages, Maythorn Cottages, Merritt
Road, Merton Place, Miall Road, Mount Pleasant Cottages,
Nightingale Grove, Porthcawe Road, Queens Street, Regent
Street, Relinque Road, Sandhurst Road (part), Sangley Road
(part), Saravia Road (part), Smith's Cottages and Sparta Street.
The following is a summary of the principal nuisances found:—
| Defective drains | 112 |
| Vent shafts and soil pipes defective | 19 |
| Water closets and apparatus defective | 144 |
| Insufficient water supply to water closets | 172 |
| Defective yard traps, sink wastes, gullies, &c. | 448 |
| Dirty premises | 694 |
| Overcrowding | 2 |
| Drinking water cisterns defective | 229 |
| Defective roofs | 238 |
| Damp premises | 244 |
| Insufficient floor ventilation | 126 |
| Defective yard pavings | 343 |
| Offensive accumulations | 9 |
| Animals so kept as to cause a nuisance | 11 |
| Other minor nuisances (ashbins, &c.) | 546 |
| Total | 3,337 |
The whole of the above-mentioned defects were remedied
on the service of notices, and no summary proceedings were
necessary.
It is satisfactory to note that overcrowding was only
reported in two instauces.