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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Complaints received 363
Nuisances detected without complaint 2627
Nuisances remaining unabated —
Defective drains remedied 314
Choked drains cleared 159
W.C.'s cleansed 66
W.C.s in defective state, new traps and straight-
backed pans provided where necessary 237
Sink, bath and lavatory wastes, and rain pipes
made to discharge in open air over trapped
gullies 118
Defective gullies replaced, and defective connections
of gullies remedied 551
New sink and bath waste pipes provided and
repaired 141
New salt-glazed stoneware sinks provided 138
Bath, waste and lavatory sink pipes trapped 38
Ventilating shafts repaired, or provided to soil
pipes and drains 83
Defective soil pipes remedied, &c. 8
Rain-water pipes provided or repaired 137
Damp conditions in house or part of house remedied 359
Flush cisterns supplied to w.c.s with efficient
flush pipes
Flush cisterns and flush pipes repaired
215
Yards paved around back additions of houses and
forecourts paved or repaired 234
Yards cleansed 18
Manhole covers properly sealed 11
New manhole covers 10
Ventilation provided under flooring 341
Floors of sculleries paved and repaired, and cellar
floors concreted 65
House roofs and guttering repaired and renewed 440
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated, or
filthy condition, repaired and cleansed 1119