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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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| Nuisances abated arising from stagnant water in basements of houses | 12 |
| Air inlets provided to drains and repaired | 59 |
| Stables paved and drained | 3 |
| Mews in filthy condition paved, drained, and cleansed | 12 |
| Manure receptacles provided | 9 |
| Houses entirely redrained with intercepting syphons and manholes provided between the house drains and sewer, and with efficient air inlets and outlets | 65 |
| Houses without water supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board and water supplies to houses restored and improved, water fittings repaired | 63 |
| Covers to domestic water cisterns provided | 418 |
| Domestic water cisterns removed from improper positions, or cleansed or repaired | 91 |
| Nuisances by overcrowding | 14 |
| Nuisances caused by fish, offal, manure, and other refuse deposits | 73 |
| Animals kept in an insanitary state | 21 |
| Houses disinfected, walls stripped, limewashed, &c. | 782 |
| Books disinfected | 90 |
| Receptacles for fish offal | 2 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 17 |
| Pig nuisances abated | 1 |
| Plots of land fenced in | 1 |
| Squatters removed | 1 |
| Houses closed | 2 |
| Wells closed | 3 |
COWSHEDS AND DAIRIES ACT.
During the year the Cowsheds and Dairies throughout the
District have been visited, and any nuisances found to exist have
been rectified, and the register has been kept up-to-date.