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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Table: SANITARY WORK.Under the most capable supervision of Captain Miller and his energetic staff the following sanitary work has been properly carried out:—

SANITARY WORK.

Under the most capable supervision of Captain Miller and his energetic staff the following sanitary work has been properly carried out:—

Houses inspected3168
Connections of drains tested3120
Notices served1834
Complaints received380
Defective drains remedied370
W.C.'s in defective state, new traps and straight backed pans provided where necessary409
Sink, bath and lavatory wastes, and rain pipes made to discharge in open air over trapped gullies177
Defective gullies replaced, and defective connections of gullies remedied441
New sink and bath waste pipes provided and repaired126
New salt-glazed stoneware sinks provided53
Bath, waste and lavatory sink pipes trapped immediately under arrangement82
Ventilating shafts repaired, also provided to soil pipes and drains106
Defective soil pipes remedied, &c.9
Flush cisterns supplied to w.c.'s with efficient flush pipes43
Flush cisterns and flush pipes repaired259
Yards paved around back additions of houses and forecourts paved or repaired175
Yards cleansed21
New manhole covers provided and sealed35
Manholes rendered and repaired10
Ventilation provided under flooring14
Floors of sculleries paved and repaired, and cellars and floors drained and concreted76
House roofs and guttering repaired and renewed191
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated, or filthy condition, repaired and cleansed583
Walls of back additions properly rendered22