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 Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Nature of Nuisances found and dealt with under the
Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
Dirty walls and ceilings of rooms 840
Defective roofs or rain water pipes 265
Defective or dirty yard paving 345
Detective flushing apparatus in water closets 205
Water closet pan foul 54
Drinking water tap defective, making walls damp 32
Gully or drains stopped 59
Floors defective 49
No dust-bins (or dust-bins defective or dilapidated) 282
Damp premises 216
Overcrowding 11
Defective water closets 135
Defective drains 332
Defective or deficient vent pipes or soil pipes 57
Defective sink wastes (or not undertrapped) 143
Defective manhole covers 14
Animals improperly kept 16
Cisterns uncovered or dirty 44
Improper water supply 35
Forecourts insufficiently paved or unpaved 135
Water closets insufficiently lighted or ventilated 8
Want of ventilation under flogrs 149
Want of proper dung receptacles 7
Underground rooms illegally occupied 5
Accumulations of manure 10
Defective traps 5
Sinks connected direct to drains 38
Mica valves defective 25
Urinal foul 2
W.C. dilapidated 5
Verminous rooms 4
Skylight defective 1
Dust accumulations 19
Total 3547