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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

West Ham 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham Borough]

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Table: Notices to abate Nuisances, or remedy Defects, served during the year 1895.

Notices to abate Nuisances, or remedy Defects, served during the year 1895.

Drains choked5i8
To ventilate drains173
To cleanse w.c. pans112
To provide new pans and traps619
To provide riushing apparatus230
To provide gully traps.511
Sink pipes to drains266
Stack do. do.558
Drains defective698
Flushing apparatus defective490
Stack pipes do.197
Sink pipes do.227
Gutters do.529
Water fittings do.268
Floors do.461
Roofs do.712
Doors do.44
Windows do.28
Staircases do.43
Seats of w.c.'s do.83
Walls and ceilings defective or dirty1,829
Walls and ceilings of bakehouses dirty65
W.C.'s dilapidated8
Offensive accumulations113
Animals improperly kept40
Overcrowding27
Paving of yard defective507
Pave and drain stable6
Provide proper water supply940
Cleanse water tanks237
Cover do.478
To remove gipsies13
To empty cesspools24
Offensive urinal1
Provide dung pits14
Premises unfit for human habitation25
Cleanse ditches4
To abolish privy1
Barricade premises6
Total11105

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1,448 rooms in 1,356 houses were disinfected.