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
Beckenham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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| Choked drains | |
| Cesspools overflowing | |
| Drains defective or altered | |
| Defective gullies | |
| Defective W.C. pans | |
| Choked W.C. pans | |
| Flushing apparatus to W.C. defective | |
| Dirty W.C. pans | |
| W.C. apartments, dirty or defective | |
| Absence of ventilated lobby to W.C. apartments | |
| Waste pipes, defective or untrapped | |
| Defective channels to waste gullies | |
| House sinks, defective | |
| Soil pipes, defective | |
| Ventilating shafts, choked or defective | |
| Fresh air inlets, defective | |
| Manhole covers, defective or unsealed | |
| Water supply cisterns, uncovered, dirty or defective | |
| Galvanised iron dustbins, defective or absent | |
| Defective pointing | |
| Dampness | |
| Rain-water pipes, defective | |
| Defective gutters | |
| Defective roofs | |
| Defective floors | |
| Defective walls | |
| Defective ceilings | |
| Dirty walls | |
| Dirty ceilings | |
| Yard paving defective or absent | |
| Defective stoves | |
| Defective coppers | |
| Defective airbricks | |
| Defective windows and fittings | |
| Defective doors | |
| Keeping of animals contrary to Bye-Laws | |
| Accumulation of offensive material | |
| Absence of manure pit, or pit uncovered or defective | |
| Insufficient ventilation to room | |
| Verminous rooms | |
| Absence of, or defective food cupboards | |
| Defective cement rendering | |