Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital statistics and the work of the Public Health Department for the years 1914-18 (inclusive)
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62 appendix : sanitary defects remedied in tenement houses.
1914 | 1915 | 1915 | 1917 | 1918 | |
Drain Defective | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
„ choked | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 |
„ untrapped | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated .. | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | ... |
Manhole cover defective | 9 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
Surface inlet improperly trapped | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Gully choked | 11 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Ventilating pipe improperly constructed | ... | 2 | I | ... | ... |
Soilpipe defective | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
,, improperly constructed | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... |
Water-closet choked | 49 | 63 | 60 | 60 | 47 |
„ defective | 123 | 99 | 80 | 108 | 120 |
,. insufficiently flushed | 30 | 19 | 32 | 24 | 20 |
„ flushing apparatus defective | 74 | 69 | 35 | 54 | 31 |
„ without water supply | 41 | 31 | 41 | 63 | 40 |
„ foul | 34 | 78 | 36 | 41 | 57 |
„ improperly constructed | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
„ accommodation insufficient | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
„ without door | 11 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
„ without external light or ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rainwater pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
„ „ defective | 42 | 34 | 43 | 41 | 17 |
„ „ choked | 20 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 4 |
Wastepipe defective | 27 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
„ choked | 19 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 17 |
„ not provided | 2 | 3 | 3 | ••• | 3 |
Other drainage defects | 10 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
Cistern defective | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
„ dirty | 33 | 113 | 74 | 54 | 12 |
„ without proper cover | 15 | 6 | ... | 6 | 4 |
„ cover defective | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 14 |
Dustbin defective | 85 | 70 | 35 | 29 | 32 |
„ not provided | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 |
insufficient | 12 | 5 | 4 | ... | 2 |
„ disused and not abolished | 12 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ... |
Paving defective in area or yard | 78 | 57 | 31 | 11 | 12 |
„ „ „ wash-house | 90 | 50 | 31 | 6 | 8 |
Guttering defective | 33 | 29 | 41 | 36 | 21 |
Premises damp | 18 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 26 |
Rooms dirty | 2040 | 1848 | 1370 | 1278 | 713 |
,, verminous | 360 | 282 | 117 | 105 | 60 |
Roof defective | 213 | 254 | 146 | 199 | 113 |
Accumulation of refuse | 14 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 18 |
Animals improperly kept | 18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Water supply to premises insufficient | 29 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 16 |
Other defects or nuisances | 336 | 201 | 137 | 138 | 142 |