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 1896
Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1896
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TABLE III.—
| WATER CLOSETS— | |
| New closets provided at workshops or factories | 9 |
| Closets re-constructed „ „ | 7 |
| New closets provided at dwelling-houses | 8 |
| Closets re constructed | 6 |
| Closets without water supplies | 2 |
| Closets with defective water supplies | 113 |
| Closets defective, stopped or dirty | 112 |
| Closets with insufficient light or ventilation | 16 |
| Defective soil pipes | 25 |
| Urinals defective, foul, or without water supplies | 5 |
| DRAINS— | |
| Premises provided with new drains | 68 |
| Drains stopped | 20 |
| Drains defective | 98 |
| Drains untrapped | 57 |
| Drains with defective traps | 16 |
| Waste pipes from sinks, &c., connected to drains | 26 |
| Stack pipes connected to drains | 36 |
| DUST BINS— | |
| New sanitary bins provided | 113 |
| Dust Bins repaired | 7 |
| recovered | 7 |
| YARDS— | |
| Yards repaved | 14 |
| Paving repaired | 21 |
| Sculleries, cellars, &c., repaved | 14 |
| HOUSES— | |
| Requiring general repairs | 23 |
| Requiring ventilation under ground floor | 37 |
| Houses with damp walls | 41 |
| Roofs and roof gutters defective | 47 |
| Eaves, gutters and down pipes defective | 37 |
| Rooms dirty | 359 |
| Rooms overcrowded | 124 |
| Rooms requiring better ventilation | 31 |
| Passages and staircases dirty | 23 |
| With regard to the dirty rooms, in 107 cases the Notices were to the tenants. |