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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

Lewisham 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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part in our Borough), Merton Place (part only in our Borough),
Pear Tree Cottages (Loampit Yale), Porson Street, Regent Street,
Shrubbery Road, Sparta Street (including Vine Cottages), Vian
Street, Wildfell Road and Terrace, and Wilmore Place.

Table: The following is a summary of the principal nuisances found and shows the need for systematic inspection:—

The following is a summary of the principal nuisances found and shows the need for systematic inspection:—

Defective drains43
Yent shafts and soil pipes defective62
Water closets and apparatus defective70
Insufficient water supply to water closets151
Defective yard traps, sink wastes, gullies, &c.481
Dirty premises492
Overcrowding10
Drinking water cisterns defective122
Defective roofs197
Damp premises97
Insufficient floor ventilation41
Defective yard pavings184
Offensive accumulations17
Animals so kept as to cause a nuisance2
Other minor nuisances (ashbins, &c.)829
Total2,298

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The whole of the above.mentioned defects were remedied
on the service of notices, and no summary proceedings were
necessary.
Very little overcrowding was discovered, only ten cases
coming to our notice, but as proof of the necessity of this work
we need only mention that out of the 866 house inspected only
91, or 10.5 per cent., were without a nuisance of some kind,
whilst 492, or 56.8 per cent., required cleansing notices.