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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Leyton 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE
AREA.

Table: SANITARY INSPECTIONS OF THE AREA. Inspections.

SANITARY INSPECTIONS OF THE AREA. Inspections.

The table below gives a summary of the Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors:—
Number of dwelling-houses inspected1,167
Miscellaneous inspections1,128
Re-inspections3,815
Places of entertainment5
Schools41
Stables46
Public Conveniences10
Urinals85
Inspections under Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act2,288
Visits in connection with infectious disease230
Factories without mechanical power38
Factories with mechanical power159
Outworkers' premises281
Rag and bone dealers1
Foster-mothers' premises9
Hairdresser's premises93
Public Houses44

Table: Nature of Work Executed and Improvements Effected in Dwelling-houses and other Premises under the Provisions of the Housing and Public Health Acts.

Nature of Work Executed and Improvements Effected in Dwelling-houses and other Premises under the Provisions of the Housing and Public Health Acts.

Dampness remedied164
Sashcords renewed17
Plaster repaired107
Roofs repaired or renewed151
Guttering repaired or renewed51
Yards paved5
Drains relaid or partly relaid1
Choked drains cleared39
New w.c. pan and traps provided23
Sinks provided1
W.c. cisterns repaired or renewed.28
Rain water pipes repaired or renewed13
Vent pipes repaired or renewed11
Sink waste pipes repaired or renewed36