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 Leyton]
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Bath, waste and lavatory sink pipes trapped immediately under arrangement | 43 |
Ventilating shafts repaired, also provided to soil pipes and drains | 121 |
Defective soil pipes remedied, etc | 8 |
Flush cisterns supplied to wc.'s with efficient flush pipes | 86 |
Flush cisterns and flush pipes repaired | 239 |
Yards paved around back additions of houses and forecourts paved or repaired | 350 |
Yards cleansed | 32 |
New manhole covers provided and sealed | 29 |
Manholes rendered and repaired | 6 |
Ventilation provided under flooring | 18 |
Floors of sculleries paved and repaired, and cellars and floors drained and concreted | 79 |
House roofs and guttering repaired and renewed | 281 |
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated, or filthy condition, repaired and cleansed | 684 |
Walls of back addition properly rendered | 30 |
Plots of land in an insanitary condition | 7 |
Nuisances abated arising from stagnant water in basements of houses | 10 |
Air inlets provided to drains and repaired | 65 |
Stables paved and drained | 12 |
Mews in filthy condition paved, drained and cleansed | 8 |
Manure receptacles provided | 12 |
Houses entirely redrained with intercepting syphons and manholes provided between the house drains and sewer, and with efficient air inlets and outlets | 97 |
Houses without water supplied by the East London service and water supplies to houses restored and improved, water fittings repaired | 66 |