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

View report page

Leyton 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

This page requires JavaScript

40
Number of visits to food shops 534
„ „ bakehouses 79
„ „ workshops 497
„ „ offensive trade premises 719
Miscellaneous inspections 393
Complaints received 1452
Notices served and letters written in reference to
same 4851
Intimations to Metropolitan Water Board re waste
of water 91
Defective drains remedied 149
Choked drains cleared 262
Drain manholes properly covered or sealed 27
Defective gullies or connections and percolation
around same remedied 335
Air inlets provided to drains or repaired 75
Houses entirely re-drained with intercepting traps
and manholes provided between the house
drains and sewer and with efficient air inlet
and outlet ventilators 47
Foul w.c.'s and drains cleansed 122
Defective w.c.'s repaired, new traps and straight
backed pans provided where necessary 104
Defective w.c. flush cisterns and flush pipes
renewed or repaired and water supply provided 263
Defective soil pipes repaired or renewed 17
Ventilating shafts repaired or provided to soil
pipes and drains 119
Foul and defective sinks cleansed or renewed 30
Sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes and rain pipes
trapped or disconnected 23
Visits to piggeries 36
„ „ urinals 81
„ „ stables 73
„ „ schools 96
Defective sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes
renewed or repaired 188