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 1894
Annual report on the sanitary condition of the District for the year 1894
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| WATER CLOSETS— | |
| New closets provided at workshops or factories | 2 |
| Closets re-constructed | 26 |
| Closets without water supplies | 26 |
| Closets with defective water supplies | 155 |
| Closets defective, stopped or dirty | 99 |
| Closets with insufficient light or ventilation | 16 |
| Defective soil pipes | 8 |
| Urinals defective, foul, or without water supplies | 12 |
| DRAINS— | |
| Premises (including one School) provided with new drains | 137 |
| Drains stopped... | 42 |
| Drains defective | 150 |
| Drains untrapped | 48 |
| Drains with defective traps | 45 |
| Waste pipes from sinks, <fec., connected to drains | 31 |
| Stack pipes connected to drains | 41 |
| DUST BINS— | |
| New sanitary bins provided | 25 |
| Dust Bins found defective | 13 |
| „ with defective covers | 8 |
| YARDS— | |
| Yards repaved | 21 |
| Paving repaired | 32 |
| Yards and walls of same foul | 5 |
| HOUSES— | |
| Requiring general repairs | 10 |
| Requiring ventilation under ground floor | 49 |
| Houses with damp walls | 32 |
| Roofs and roof gutters defective | 29 |
| Eaves, gutters and down pipes defective | 40 |
| Rooms dirty (including 3 School-rooms) | 131 |
| Rooms overcrowded | 26 |
| Rooms requiring better ventilation (including 3 School-rooms) | 24 |
| Rooms illegally let as dwellings | 6 |
| Passages and staircases dirty | 21 |