Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916
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Table No. 9.
Intimations
Schedule of Nuisances. | Whole Borough. |
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1 Part of the house in a dirty condition | 301 |
2 ,, damp ,, | 101 |
3 Roof defective | 487 |
4 Guttering-defective | 64 |
5 Water fittings defective | 136 |
6 Water-closet apartment with absence of external ventilation | 19 |
7 , ,, so foul as to be a nuisance or dangerous to health | 14 |
8 Water-closet basin foul | 64 |
9 ,, ,, defective | 59 |
10 ,, ,, choked | 110 |
11 Urinal in a foul condition | 2 |
12 Privy in a foul condition | 1 |
13 Soil pipe defective | 25 |
14 ,, unventilated | 9 |
15 ,, improperly ventilated | 3 |
16 Absence of waste pipe to sink, lavatory or bath | 3 |
17 Waste pipe of sink, lavatory, or bath connected with drain | 3 |
18 ,, ,, ,, ,, defective | 32 |
19 ,, ,, ,, ,, foul | 17 |
20 Inlet of drain improperly trapped | 8 |
21 Drain defective | 121 |
22 ,, stopped | 93 |
23 ,, ventilating pipe defective | 32 |
24 Rain-water pipe in direct communication with drain | 15 |
25 ,, ,, defective | 84 |
26 Unpaved condition of roadway | — |
27 Undrained ,, ,, | — |
28 Area or part unpaved | |
29 ,, undrained | |
30 Yard or space unpaved | 5 |
31 ,, ,, undrained | 7 |
32 Defective condition of washhouse paving | 33 |
33 Dust-bin defective | 114 |
34 ,, in an improper position | 1 |
35 Accumulation of stagnant water which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 19 |
36 Accumulation or deposit which is a nuisance dangerous to health | 131 |
37 Animals kept in such a manner as to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 14 |
38 Part of the house so overcrowded as to be dangerous to health | 37 |
39 Space below floor in basement or ground floor insufficiently ventilated | 6 |
40 Issuing of black smoke in such a quantity -is to be a nuisance | 3 |
41 Discharging smoke in such a manner as to cause part of a building to be a nuisance dangerous to health | 1 |
42 Tent, van, shed, or similar structure used as a human habitation which is in such a state as to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the inmates | — |
43 Other nuisances | 132 |
Total | 2309 |
Table No. 10.
Registered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws. | Whole Borough. |
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1 Overcrowding | 2 |
2 Inadequate water supply | — |
3 Contaminated water supply | - |
4 Foul closet, basin or trap | 15 |
5 Want of means of ventilation | — |
6 Want of annual cleansing | 15 |
7 Want of cleansing of the part or parts of premises used in common | 167 |
8 ,, ,, ,, in sole use | 213 |
9 Want of cleansing of the room or part of tae dwelling | 12 |
10 Animals improperly kept | 1 |
11 Other breaches | — |
Total | 425 |