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 Shoreditch]
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26.
SUMMARY OF DEFECTS FOUND (Contd.)
Windows requiring repair or adjustment | 515 |
Premises overcrowded | 33 |
Water reinstated | 7 |
Water supply required to upper floors | 10 |
Drams, new | 215 |
Drains requiring reconstruction | 8 |
Drains requiring improvement or repair | 70 |
Drains requiring obstruct!ons removed | 112 |
Drains tested | 212 |
Old drains sealed off from sewer | 39 |
Soil vent pipes requiring repair or renewal | 61 |
W.C's new | 110 |
W.C's requiring improvement or repair | 142 |
W.C's requiring obstructions removed | 53 |
Sinks new | 100 |
Sinks requiring improvement | 20 |
Sinks requiring traps to be provided | 6 |
Waste pipes requiring repair or renewal | 30 |
Other items not specified | 144 |
Outdoor Premises. | |
Floors or paving requiring repair | 34 |
Requiring cleansing or limewashing | 3 |
Dustbins requiring renewal | 33 |
Ashpits requiring abolition | 4 |
Accumulations requiring removal | 53 |
Urinals requiring cleansing or repair | 14 |
ijiimals improperly kept | 2 |
NOTICES SERVED. | |
Public Health (London) Act, 1936 - | |
Intimation Notices | 1,924 |
Nuisance Notices | 238 |
Housmg Act, 1936 | |
Factories Act, 1937 | 75 |
Shops Act, 1950 | 8 |
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949. | |
F ood & Drugs Act,1938 | 58 |
COMPLAINTS RECEIVED | 2,722 |