Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1894
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waste pipes from drains, 14 ; to disconnect overflow pipes of cisterns
from drains, 2 ; to provide and fix rain-water stack pipes, 41;
to amend and repair defective rain water stack pipes, 206 ;
to amend and repair defective waste pipes, 10 ; to provide and fix
eaves guttering, 25; to amend and repair defective eaves
guttering, 237 ; to amend and repair defective roofs, 160 ; to
amend and repair defective flooring, 22; to amend and repair
defective walls, 34; to amend and repair defective ceilings, 35;
to amend and repair defective water closets, 51 ; to abolish water
closets in unfit situations, and to provide proper and sufficient
water closets in lieu thereof, 61 ; to abate the nuisance caused by
the dampness of walls, 102; to abate the nuisance caused by
overcrowding, 24; to abate the nuisance caused by the keeping
of animals, 30: to abate the nuisance caused by the issue of
black smoke from chimney shafts, 3; to provide proper and
sufficient ash-pits, 825; to amend and repair defective ash-pits,
131; to cleanse, limewash and purify premises throughout, 401;
to amend, repair, cleanse, limewash and purifypremises throughout,
489 ; to cleanse, limewash and purify rooms and water closets, 49 ;
to cleanse, limewash and purify ceilings, 55; to cleanse, limewash
and purify walls, 42; to pave yards with a hard, durable and
impervious material, 1,052; to pave forecourts with a hard,
durable and impervious material, 47; to pave areas with a hard,
durable and impervious material, 5; to pave stables with a hard,
durable and impervious material, 12; to provide proper receptacles
for dung, 42; to remove accumulations of filth and manure, 82;
to discontinue using underground rooms as living rooms, 8; to
abolish drain in bakehouse, 1; to cleanse, limewash and purify
bakehouses, 60; to provide proper, suitable and sufficient