Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1899
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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 |