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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
Willesden 1893
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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Willesden Local Board.
SPECIAL COMPLAINTS, 1893.
| Insanitary condition of houses | 55 |
| Defective water closets | 35 |
| Offensive odours | 53 |
| Offensive accumulations and deposits | 41 |
| Defective drains | 59 |
| Animals kept a nuisance | 13 |
| Drains choked | 37 |
| Smoke nuisances | 7 |
| Offensive cesspools | 4 |
| Polluted ditches | 8 |
| Damp floors | 1 |
| Foul cisterns | 5 |
| Water in cellars | 7 |
| Manure | 6 |
| Intimations from the West Middlesex Water Works of water cut off | *360 |
| Dirty yards | 3 |
| Stagnant pools | 1 |
| Gipsy caravans | 2 |
| Ballast burning | 7 |
| Overcrowding | 11 |
| Fried fish shops | 3 |
| Slaughterhouse | 1 |
| Cellar dwelling | 1 |
| Urinals offensive | 2 |
| Total | 722 |
* Water cut off from houses included a great many empty ones.