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 1956
[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 109
The house or part of the house in a damp condition as to
be insanitary 122
The house in a dilapidated condition so as to be insanitary 132
The Water Closet without a water supply 2
The Water Closet with a deficient supply of water
The Water Closet so defective as to be a nuisance 46
The Water Closet stopped 2
The soil pipe improperly ventilated
The soil pipe defective 4
The sink defective and insanitary 12
The waste pipe improperly trapped
The waste pipe of sink untrapped and insanitary 3
The waste pipe of lavatory or bath defective 14
The water cistern defective 9
An accumulation or deposit of refuse dangerous or injurious
to health 8
The drain choked 36
The rainwater pipe defective 31
The roof defective so as to be insanitary 157
Nuisance from the keeping of animals 2
The guttering defective so as to be insanitary 59
The dustbin or ashpit defective 1
The house without a proper water supply 5
The drain defective so as to be insanitary 1