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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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NUISANCES REMEDIED
The house or part of the house in a damp condition so as to
be insanitary 54
The house in a dilapidated condition so as to be insanitary 61
The wallplaster or ceiling in part of the house defective
so as to be insanitary 49
The Water Closet so defective as to be a nuisance 28
The sink defective or insanitary 2
The soil pipe defective 5
The waste pipe of lavatory or bath defective 15
An accumulation or deposit of refuse dangerous or injurious
to health 24
The drain choked 3
The rainwater pipe defective 14
The roof defective so as to be insanitary 67
Dirty and insanitary condition of premises 2
The guttering defective so as to be insanitary 41
Nuisance from the emission of smoke 4
Nuisance from keeping of animals 1
The defective condition of dustbin 3
The house without a proper water supply 3