London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
St Olave 1899
Annual report of the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1899
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| HOUSES— | |
| Requiring general repairs | 30 |
| Houses with damp walls | 40 |
| Roofs and roof gutters defective | 81 |
| Eaves gutters and down pipes defective | 57 |
| Rooms dirty | 613 |
| „ „ (notices to tenants) | 175 |
| Rooms overcrowded | 51 |
| „ „ (notices to the tenants) | 51 |
| Rooms requiring better ventilation | 8 |
| Passages and staircases dirty | 96 |
| BAKEHOUSES (Only 7 in the District)— | |
| Dirty | 3 |
| Defective floors | 2 |
| Utensils dirty | 1 |
| Accumulations of matter under troughs | 2 |
| Water cisterns dirty | 2 |
| OFFICES OR WORKPLACES— | |
| Cleansed, whitewashed, &c. | 23 |
| ANIMALS— | |
| So kept as to be a nuisance | 9 |
| Stables repaved | 1 |
| „ redrained | 1 |
| Manure receptacles provided | 4 |
| ACCUMULATIONS OF REFUSE | 42 |
| SMOKE NUISANCES | 3 |
| UNCLASSIFIED NUISANCES | 64 |
Six (temporary) new w.c.'s have been provided for the use of the employes
on the South Eastern Railway Extension.