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

View report page

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

Leyton 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Plates Nos. 22 and 23.
CRESCENT ROAD SLUM CLEARANCE AREAS
Two pictures showing typical examples of internal bad
arrangement of houses—note steep, narrow, winding and
dangerous staircases rising from threshold of sculleries.