Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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74
Flush cisterns supplied to w.C.s with efficient
flush pipes 35
Flush cisterns and flush pipes repaired 341
Yards paved around back additions of houses and
forecourts paved or repaired 417
Yards cleansed 26
New manhole covers provided and sealed 22
Manholes rendered and repaired 17
Ventilation provided under flooring 364
Floors of sculleries paved and repaired, and cellar
floors concreted 66
House roofs and guttering repaired and renewed 313
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated, or
filthy condition, repaired and cleansed 1398
Walls of back additions properly rendered 73
Nuisances abated arising from stagnant water in
basements of houses 19
Air inlets provided to drains and repaired 82
Drains in cellars removed 4
Stables paved and drained 8
Mews in filthy condition paved, drained and
cleansed 3
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 75
Water supplies to houses restored and water fittings
repaired 59
Covers to domestic water cisterns provided 152