Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Nuisances, defective and unsatisfactory conditions found:—
Defective and dirty internally | 29 |
Damp | 59 |
Defective drainage | 20 |
Defective roofs | 33 |
Water Closets:— | |
Defective or dirty | 10 |
Water Supply:— | |
Cisterns dirty | 1 |
Smells | 35 |
Rubbish | 37 |
Animals | 10 |
Other Nuisances | 9 |
Staircase lighting, tenements | 1 |
Verminous | 38 |
Cockroaches | 17 |
Housing Statistics
1. Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the year | |
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(1) (a) Number of initial inspections of dwelling-houses for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts)... | 3,047 |
(6) Number of reinspections............... | 5,809 |
(2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses which were examined in the course of " house-to-house " inspection and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1925 | 7 |
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(3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation... | 17 |
(4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those refeired to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all respects reasonably fit for human habitation | 194 |
2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal Notices | |
Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers ... | 77 |