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 East Ham]
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I append tabulated particulars of work done in the
District.
Wards. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manor Park. | Plashet | Central | Beckton and North Woolwich | Totals. | |
Primary Inspections made | 401 | 765 | 921 | 262 | 2349 |
Notifications of Infectious Diseases | 131 | 306 | 256 | 36 | 729 |
House-to-House Inspections | 6 | 34 | 134 | 77 | 251 |
Houses found in a sanitary condition | 118 | 292 | 164 | 53 | 627 |
Walls and Ceilings requiring repairing | 38 | 66 | 257 | 68 | 429 |
Yards insufficiently and not paved | 34 | 53 | 165 | 51 | 303 |
Drains and Connections requiring amendment | 17 | 63 | 64 | 3 | 147 |
Defective W.C. traps | 3 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 52 |
Defective sink waste pipes | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
Rainwater pipes directly connected to drain | 9 | 13 | 42 | 7 | 71 |
Defective flushing apparatus or no water to W C. | 20 | 32 | 60 | 17 | 129 |
W.C. flashed direct from drinking water cisterns | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 |
Broken soil pans | 14 | 18 | 55 | 10 | 97 |
Defective rainwater pipes and eaves gutters | 11 | 22 | 103 | 17 | 153 |
Roofs not water-tight | 10 | 16 | 139 | 43 | 208 |
Water cut off (E.L.W.W.Co.) | 27 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 68 |
Drinking water cisterns without covers | 29 | 65 | 79 | 5 | 178 |
Dampness | 9 | 16 | 73 | 11 | 109 |
Inundations | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 24 |
Offensive accumulations | 37 | 54 | 27 | 13 | 131 |
No underfloor ventilation | 6 | 14 | 90 | 10 | 120 |
Breaches of Council's Bye-laws | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 15 |
No dust bins | 16 | 27 | 72 | 7 | 122 |
Overcrowding | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
Defective drain ventilating shafts | 6 | 23 | 15 | .. | 44 |
Dilapidated Floors | 5 | 8 | 34 | 16 | 63 |
Animals improperly kept | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 22 |
Other Nuisances | 109 | 162 | 255 | 59 | 585 |
Preliminary Notices served | .. | .. | .. | .. | 896 |
Statutory Notices served | .. | .. | .. | .. | 112 |
Summonses | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Nuisances abated | 403 | 659 | 1427 | 336 | 2825 |