London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Stoke Newington 1952
[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 218
House or part of house in a damp condition so as to be
insanitary 293
House in a dilapidated condition so as to be insanitary ... 86
Water Closet with a deficient supply of water 4
„ „ without a water supply 1
„ „ so defective as to be a nuisance 42
Soil pipe defective 2
Ventilating pipe defective 1
The Yard paving defective 2
Sink defective and insanitary 2
The waste pipe of sink untrapped and insanitary 5
The waste pipe of lavatory or bath defective 17
Dustbin or ashpit defective 20
Drain foul, choked or stopped 67
Rainwater pipe defective 39
House without proper water supply 1
Roof defective so as to be insanitary 151
No proper dustbin or ashpit 1
An accumulation or deposit of refuse dangerous or injurious
to health
Removal of obnoxious matter 1
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