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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
Westminster 1899
Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the united Parishes of St. Margaret & St. John, Westminster for the year 1899.
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| Houses in which infectious disease has occurred | 170 |
| Lime-whiting of yards, bake-houses, stables., cow-shei, and slaughter-house | 76 |
| Lavatory waste pipes discharging into soil pipe | 4 |
| Overcrowding ... | 19 |
| Premises improperly ventilated | 6 |
| Premises in an uncleanly condition | 389 |
| Paving to yards defective | 30 |
| Roofs defective | 21 |
| Soil pipes (defective) repaired and new fixed | 20 |
| Sink waste pipes in direct communication with drain | 4 |
| Underground rooms illegally occupied | 3 |
| Unsound food destroyed (parcels) | 4 |
| Ventilation to premises provided | 6 |
| Water supply apparatus defective | 15 |
| Water-closets stopped | 41 |
| Water-closets defective (repaired) | 23 |
| Water-closets (new) fixed | 58 |
| Miscellaneous | 73 |
| Total | 1,213 |
I remain.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN NORTON, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Herilth.
Town Hall, Westminster,
January, 1900.