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 Barking]
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ANALYSIS OF SANITARY WORK DONE DURING 1895, FOR WHICH NOTICES WERE
SERVED.
INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES DEPARTMENT.
W. Cs and House Drains stopped. 277.
Constructions or Drains defective. ???0.
Accumulations of water. 18.
Overflowing Cesspools. 15.
Leaky Roofs. 76.
Broken soil pans. 23.
No dust bins. 79.
Burst and leaky water pipes. 50.
Washing Coppers, brickwork dilapidated. 18.
Dust bins dilapidated. 37.
Broken taps. 15.
Cesspools filled up. 7.
Coal gas permeating house. 1.
Defective waste pipes and stoppage in ditto. 35.
Leaking cisterns. 5.
Defective Eaves gutters and stack pipes. 79.
Rotten and dangerous floors. 14.
Defective outside doors and frames. 4.
Defective fittings to cisterns. 120.
Defective paving in back yards. 45.
Animals kept so as to be a nuisance. 6.
Suspension of Water supply. 14.
Manure he???s removed. 4.
Defective and broken traps. 51.
Slop sinks pulled down and not replaced. 4.
Cisterns without covers. 23.
Filth removed. 3.
Underground sleeping rooms abolished. 3.
Ventilating pipes to house drains fixed. 8.
Chimney pots reinstated on chimney stacks 2.
Window frames reinstated. 3.
Rotten wall between Washouse and W.Cs reinstated. 5.
Broken plastering repaired. 20.
Courts and Alleys limewhited. 12.
Slaughter houses do. 4.
Cooking and Chopping houses limewhited. 9.
Waste pipes from Slop sinks disconnected from
subsoil drains. 8.
Improved water supply. 3.
Back yards paved. 41.
Soil pans in W.Cs readjusted. 10.
Paving and draining stable. 1.
Improved ventilation under ground floors. 1.
Improved W. C. accommodation. 4.
Houses disinfected previous to whitewashing &cleansing 116.
House drains tested. 298.
Infected Patients removed to Isolation Hospital. 30.
Complaints received and attended to. 237.
Number of Notices served. 1070.
Seizure of bad fish. 1.
Compliances to Notices served 997.
Signed F. M A R T I N.
Inspector of Nuisances.