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 Leyton]
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31
Nuisances abated 2883
Notices served and letters written in reference to
same 1957
Intimations to Metropolitan Water Board re waste
of water 55
Defective drains remedied 43
Choked drains cleared 166
Drain manholes properly covered or sealed 13
Defective gullies or connections and percolation
around same remedied 128
Air inlets provided to drains or repaired 36
Houses entirely re-drained with intercepting traps
and manholes provided between the house
drains and sewer and with efficient air inlet
and outlet ventilators 22
Foul w.c.'s and drains cleansed 69
Defective w.c.'s repaired, new traps and straight
backed pans provided where necessary 107
Defective w.c. flush cisterns and flush pipes
renewed or repaired and water supply provided 271
Defective soil pipes repaired or renewed 6
Ventilating shafts repaired or provided to soil
pipes and drains 53
Foul and defective sinks cleansed or renewed 28
Sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes and rain pipes
trapped or disconnected 13
Defective sink, bath and lavatory waste pipes
renewed or repaired 60
Defective rain pipes and gutters renewed or
repaired 230
Defective house roofs repaired 310
Defective floors of sculleries or cellars repaired,
paved or concreted 35
Yards around back additions of houses and forecourts
paved or repaired 54
Yards cleansed 11