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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

Paddington 1914

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.

Table: TABLE XV.Sanitary Defects Remedied in Tenement Houses.

TABLE XV.Sanitary Defects Remedied in Tenement Houses.

19141915191519171918
Drain Defective134424
„ choked1011121411
„ untrapped...2211
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated ..11461...
Manhole cover defective9141187
Surface inlet improperly trapped...............
Gully choked119161617
Ventilating pipe improperly constructed...2I......
Soilpipe defective12223
,, improperly constructed...............
„ unventilated or improperly ventilated......4......
Water-closet choked4963606047
„ defective1239980108120
,. insufficiently flushed3019322420
„ flushing apparatus defective7469355431
„ without water supply4131416340
„ foul3478364157
„ improperly constructed1...1......
„ accommodation insufficient156431
„ without door1148714
„ without external light or ventilation...............
Rainwater pipe not disconnected from drain or soilpipe...............
„ „ defective4234434117
„ „ choked20910114
Wastepipe defective271610128
„ choked191121617
„ not provided233•••3
Other drainage defects103387
Cistern defective135245
„ dirty33113745412
„ without proper cover156...64
„ cover defective15131714
Dustbin defective8570352932
„ not provided105857
insufficient1254...2
„ disused and not abolished12713...
Paving defective in area or yard7857311112
„ „ „ wash-house90503168
Guttering defective3329413621
Premises damp1820212726
Rooms dirty2040184813701278713
,, verminous36028211710560
Roof defective213254146199113
Accumulation of refuse143017818
Animals improperly kept1814534
Water supply to premises insufficient29621016
Other defects or nuisances336201137138142