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

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Leyton 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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75
Sink, bath and lavatory wastes, and rain pipes
made to discharge in open air over trapped
gullies 300
Defective gullies replaced, and defective connections
of gullies remedied. 854
New sink and bath waste pipes provided and
repaired 270
New salt-glazed stoneware sinks provided 100
Bath, waste and lavatory sink pipes trapped immediately
under arrangement 69
Ventilating shafts repaired, also provided to soil
pipes and drains 126
Defective soil pipes remedied, &c 25
Flush cisterns supplied to w.c.'s with efficient
flush pipes 35
Flush cisterns and flush pipes repaired 597
Yards paved around back additions of houses and
forecourts paved or repaired 560
Yards cleansed 37
New manhole covers provided and sealed 21
Manholes rendered and repaired 9
Ventilation provided under flooring 308
Floors of sculleries paved and repaired, and cellar
floors concreted 138
House roofs and guttering repaired and renewed 503
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated, or
filthy condition, repaired and cleansed 1323
Walls of back additions properly rendered 199
Plots of land in an insanitary condition 5
Nuisances abated arising from stagnant water in
basements of houses 16
Air inlets provided to drains and repaired 76