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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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NUISANCE REMEDIED
Premises in such a state as to be a nuisance or injurious
or dangerous to health 96
The house or part of the house in a damp condition as to
be insanitary 127
The house in a dilapidated condition so as to be insanitary 49
The water Closet without a water supply -
The water Closet with a deficient supply of water 3
The Water Closet so defective as to be a nuisance 21
The soil pipe improperly ventilated 1
The sink defective and insanitary 7
The waste pipe improperly trapped 1
The waste pipe of sink untrapped and insanitary 2
The waste pipe of lavatory or bath defective 2
The water cistern defective 12
An accumulation or deposit of refuse dangerous or injurious
to health 7
The drain choked 7
The rainwater pipe defective 26
The roof defective so as to be insanitary 77
Nuisance from the Keeping of animals 1
The guttering defective so as to be insanitary 43