London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stoke Newington 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]

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Nuisances Remedied
Premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious or dangerous
to health 384
House or part of house in a damp condition so as to be insanitary 277
House in a dilapidated condition so as to be insanitary 184
Water Closet so foul as to be a nuisance 1
„ „ without a water supply 1
„ „ with a deficient supply of water 5
„ „ so defective as to be a nuisance 60
„ „ stopped 6
Soil Pipe defective 6
Ventilating pipe defective 6
The Yard paving defective 3
The Yard undrained so as to be insanitary 3
Gully trap improperly placed within the house 2
Sink defective and insanitary 6
Waste pipe of sink untrapped and insanitary 3
„ „ „ lavatory or bath defective 23
„ „ „ lavatory directly connected with drain 1
„ „ „ lavatory untrapped and insanitary 1
Drinking water cistern so foul as to be insanitary 2
„ „ „ being without a close-fitting cover 5
Water cistern defective 2
Accumulation or deposit of refuse dangerous or injurious to health 11
No proper dustbin or ashpit 13
Dustbin or ashpit defective 9
The drain foul 3
Drain defective 32
Drain choked or stopped 47
The drain improperly ventilated 1
Rain-water pipe defective 37
House without a proper water supply 4
Roof defective so as to be insanitary 172
Guttering defective so as to be insanitary 52
The area undrained 1