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

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Leyton 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Foul and defective sinks cleansed or renewed 150
Sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes and rain pipes
trapped or disconnected 95
Defective sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes
renewed or repaired 210
Defective rain pipes and gutters renewed or
repaired 476
Defective house roofs repaired 364
Defective floors of sculleries or cellars repaired,
paved or concreted 87
Yards around back additions of houses and forecourts
paved or repaired 254
Yards cleansed 44
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapdidated or
filthy condition repaired and cleansed 1196
Houses unfit for human habitation closed 2
Damp conditions in house or part of house
remedied 652
Ventilation provided under ground floors 366
Nuisances arising from stagnant water in basement
of houses abated 29
Nuisances arising from insanitary condition of
stables abated 18
Manure reseptacles provided 20
Mews in filthy condition paved, drained and
cleansed 14
Water supplies to houses restored and water
fittings repaired 92
Domestic water cisterns removed from improper
positions or cleansed or repaired 19
Covers to domestic water cisterns provided 66
Nuisances caused by overcrowding abated 17
Nuisances caused by fish, offal, manure and other
refuse deposits abated 216
Nuisances caused by animals kept in an insanitary
state abated 59