London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
St Olave 1893
Annual report on the sanitary condition of the District for the year 1893
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| Premises provided with new drains | 99 |
| Drains stopped | 34 |
| Drains defective | 117 |
| Drains untrapped | 71 |
| Drains with defective traps | 14 |
| Waste pipes from sinks, &c., connected to drains | 104 |
| Stack pipes connected to drains | 63 |
| DUST BINS— | |
| New sanitary bins provided | 37 |
| Defective and repaired | 19 |
| YARDS— | |
| Defective paving | 44 |
| Dirty, etc. | 6 |
| HOUSES— | |
| Requiring general repairs | 16 |
| Requiring through and better ventilation | 22 |
| Requiring ventilation under floors | 49 |
| Rooms dirty | 110 |
| Passages and staircases dirty | 45 |
| Overcrowded rooms | 31 |
| Defective roofs | 15 |
| Defective eaves, gutters and down pipes | 18 |
| Smoke nuisances | 3 |
| ANIMALS— | |
| Kept so as to be a nuisance | 5 |
| Accumulation of offensive matter | 36 |
| UNCLASSIFIED NUISANCES | 46 |