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
Leyton 1904
[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 |