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
Bethnal Green 1904
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1904
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ANALYSIS OF APPENDIX A.
Cleansing—
Premises, &c., cleansed, repaired, or whitewashed 2,661
Workshops ditto ditto ditto 244
House Drains—
Drains cleared 239
Drains trapped and ventilated 75
Rain water pipes and waste pipes disconnected 33
Sink and bath waste pipes trapped 86
Water Closets—
W.C.'s repaired, cleansed, &c. 907
W.C.'s refitted with new pans and traps 209
W.C.'s supplied with water, and water supply
apparatus 375
W.C.'s ventilated 12
W.C.'s re-built 7
New W.C.'s provided 17
Partitions provided round W.C.'s to separate same
from workshops 3
Water Supply—
House provided with water supply 120
House supply disconnected from W.C. cistern 2
Cisterns, supplied, repaired and cleaned 84
Miscellaneous—
Paving of yards 646
Washhouses paved 101
Forecourt and Areas paved and drained 25
Stables paved and drained 14
Removal of accumulation of Dung and other refuse 113
Removal of Animals improperly kept 55
New Dung-pits provided and covers for same 7
Premises closed previous to executing the necessary
repairs 6
Gutters, Rainwater Pipes, and Waste Pipes repaired 627
Illegal occupation of Basements discontinued 6