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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Defective w.c. flush cisterns and flush pipes
renewed or repaired and water supply provided 175
Defective soil pipes repaired or renewed 2
Ventilating shafts repaired or provided to soil
pipes and drains 52
Foul and defective sinks cleansed or renewed 28
Sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes and rain pipes
trapped or disconnected 12
Defective sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes
renewed or repaired 50
Defective rain pipes and gutters renewed or
repaired 287
Defective house roofs repaired 335
Defective floors of sculleries or cellars repaired,
paved or concreted 14
Yards around back additions of houses and forecourts
paved or repaired 72
Yards cleansed 10
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated or
filthy condition repaired and cleansed 699
Damp conditions in house or part of house
remedied 217
Ventilation provided under ground floors 17
Nuisances arising from stagnant water in basement
of houses abated 29
Nuisances arising from insanitary condition of
stables abated Nil
Manure receptacles provided Nil
Mews in filthy condition paved, drained and
cleansed Nil
Water supplies to houses restored and water
fittings repaired 66
Domestic water cisterns removed from improper
positions or cleansed or repaired 20
Covers to domestic water cisterns provided 7
Nuisances caused by overcrowding abated 3
Nuisances caused by fish, offal, manure and other
refuse deposits abated 26