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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Flush cisterns supplied to w.c.s with efficient
flush pipes 313
Flush cisterns and flush pipes repaired
Yards paved around back additions of houses and
forecourts paved or repaired 431
Yards cleansed 14
Manhole covers properly sealed 14
New manhole covers 17
Ventilation provided under flooring 350
Floors of sculleries paved and repaired, and cellar
floors concreted 86
House roofs and guttering repaired and renewed. 546
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated, or
filthy condition, repaired and cleansed 1204
Walls of back additions properly rendered 135
Nuisances abated arising from stagnant water in
basements of houses 13
Air inlets provided to drains and repaired 81
Drains in cellars removed 90
Stables paved and drained 2
Stables cleansed 6
Mews in filthy condition paved, drained and
cleansed 9
Manure receptacles provided 7
Houses entirely redrained with intercepting
syphons and manholes provided between the
house drains and sewer, and with efficient air
inlets and outlets 111
Water supplies to houses restored and water
fittings repaired 31
Covers to domestic water cisterns provided 138
Domestic water cisterns removed from improper
position, or cleansed or repaired 14
Nuisances by overcrowding abated 17
Nuisances caused by fish, offal, manure, and other
refuse deposits abated 92
Nuisances caused by animals kept in an insanitary
state abated 43
Smoke nuisances abated 5
Urinals repaired 20
Gratings provided to ventilation openings 149