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 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 | 512 |
House or part of house in a damp condition so as to be insanitary | 421 |
House in a dilapidated condition so as to be insanitary | 208 |
Water Closet so foul as to be a nuisance | 2 |
„ „ without a water supply | 4 |
„ „ with a deficient supply of water | 10 |
„ „ improperly constructed so as to be a nuisance | 1 |
„ „ so defective as to be a nuisance | 23 |
,, „ stopped | 2 |
Insufficient external ventilation to water closet | 1 |
Soil Pipe defective | 5 |
Ventilating pipe defective | 4 |
The Yard paving defective | 1 |
The Yard dirty so as to be insanitary | 2 |
The Yard undrained so as to be insanitary | 5 |
Gully trap improperly placed within the house | 2 |
Sink defective and insanitary | 9 |
Waste pipe improperly trapped | 3 |
„ „ of sink untrapped and insanitary | 3 |
„ „ „ lavatory or bath defective | 25 |
„ „ „ lavatory directly connected with drain . | 1 |
„ „ „ lavatory untrapped and insanitary | 2 |
Drinking water cistern being without a close-fitting cover | 3 |
Water cistern defective | 3 |
Accumulation or deposit of refuse dangerous or injurious to health | 6 |
No proper dustbin or ashpit | 2 |
Dustbin or ashpit defective | 1 |
Drain defective | 2 |
Drain choked or stopped | 9 |
The drain improperly ventilated | 1 |
Rain-water pipe defective | 41 |
House without a proper water supply | 2 |
Roof defective so as to be insanitary | 279 |
Guttering defective so as to be insanitary | 74 |
The area improperly paved so as to be insanitary | 1 |
The area undrained | 3 |
An animal kept in such a manner as to be insanitary | 1 |
The space below floor in basement or ground floor improperly or insufficiently ventilated | 1 |