London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Olave 1899
Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1899
This page requires JavaScript
Sanitary defects found and dealt with:
| WATER SUPPLY— | |
| Number of Houses found without water | 2 |
| Number of cases in which the drinking water and the supply to the w.c. were the same | 6 |
| Cisterns found dirty | 48 |
| Cisterns imperfectly covered | 39 |
| Defective water fittings | 40 |
| WATER CLOSETS— | |
| New closets provided at wharves, workshops or factories | 23 |
| Closets re-constructed „ „ | 22 |
| Closets re-constructed at dwelling | 1 |
| Closets without water supplies | 35 |
| Closets with defective water supplies | 75 |
| Closets defective, stopped or dirty | 190 |
| Closets with insufficient light or ventilation | 13 |
| Defective soil pipes | 9 |
| Urinals defective, foul, or without water supplies | 11 |
| DRAINS— | |
| Premises provided with new drains | 49 |
| Blocks of Artizans' Dwellings ditto | 2 |
| Drains stopped | 70 |
| Drains defective | 54 |
| Drains untrapped | 22 |
| Drains with defective traps | 14 |
| Waste pipes from sinks, &c., connected to drains | 19 |
| Stack pipes connected to drains | 29 |
| DUST BINS — | |
| New sanitary bins provided | 27 |
| Dust Bins repaired | 3 |
| Dust Shoots defective | 2 |
| YARDS— | |
| Yards repaved | 1 |
| Paving repaired | 53 |
| Sculleries, cellars, &c., repaved | 11 |
| Yards in foul condition | 5 |
| Sculleries or wash-houses foul from want of whitewashing, &c. | 22 |