London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Leyton 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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New manhole covers provided and sealed 26
Manholes rendered and repaired 5
Ventilation provided under flooring 11
Floors of sculleries paved and repaired, and cellars and
floors drained and concreted 61
House roofs and guttering repaired and renewed 181
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated, or filthy
condition, repaired and cleansed 731
Walls of back additions properly rendered 15
Plots of land in an insanitary condition 23
Nuisances abated arising from stagnant water in basements
of houses 17
Air inlets provided to drains and repaired 49
Stables paved and drained 14
Mews in filthy condition paved, drained ,and cleansed 8
Manure receptacles provided 8
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 Metropolitan
Water Board and water supplies to houses restored
and improved, water fittings repaired 119
Covers to domestic water cisterns provided 503
Domestic water cisterns removed from improper positions,
or cleansed or repaired 118
Nuisances by overcrowding 10
Nuisances caused by fish, offal, manure, and other refuse
deposits 60
Animals kept in an insanitary state 29
Houses disinfected, walls stripped, limewashed, &c. 588
Books disinfected 103