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 sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes
renewed or repaired 136
Defective rain pipes and gutters renewed or
repaired 1059
Defective house roofs repaired 636
Defective floors of sculleries or cellars repaired,
paved or concreted 118
Yards around back additions of houses and forecourts
paved or repaired 227
Yards cleansed 15
Houses in a general insanitary, dilapidated or
filthy condition repaired and cleansed 1382
Damp conditions in house or part of house
remedied 756
Ventilation provided under ground floors 189
Nuisances arising from stagnant water in basements
of houses abated 25
Nuisances arising from insanitary^ condition of
stables abated 1
Manure receptacles provided 4
Mews in filthy condition paved, drained and
cleansed 1
Water supplies to houses restored and water
fittings repaired 172
Domestic water cisterns removed from improper
positions or cleansed or repaired 10
Covers to domestic water cisterns provided 8
Nuisances caused by overcrowding 9
Nuisances caused by fish, offal, manure and other
refuse deposits abated 136
Nuisances caused by animals kept in an insanitary
state abated 31
Smoke nuisances abated 5
Foul and defective urinals cleansed or repaired 14
Vacant plots of land fenced in 2