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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Visits in connection with infectious disease498
Workshops125
Factories91
Outworkers'premises477
Rag and bone dealers3
Foster-mothers' premises109
Hairdressers' premises171

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 remedied712
Sashcords renewed271
Plaster repaired879
Roofs repaired or renewed825
Guttering repaired or renewed378
Yards paved200
Drains relaid or partly relaid161
Choked drains cleared55
New w.c. pan and traps provided93
Sinks provided..110
W.C. cisterns repaired or renewed88
Rain water pipes repaired or renewed125
Vent pipes repaired or renewed50
Sink waste pipes renewed240
Stoves repaired or renewed141
Coppers repaired or renewed68
Floors repaired246
Rooms redecorated2,453
Miscellaneous defects remedied2,125

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Drainage.—The drains of 161 houses were reconstructed.
In some instances the reconstruction related to portions of the
public sewers, and in these cases, the work was carried out by the
staff of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor's Department, the
expenses incurred thereby being recovered from the owners.

Table: Verminous Houses.

Verminous Houses.

Infested.Disinfected.
Number of Council houses3131
Number of other houses233233