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 Westminster]
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The following nuisances have been abated, and defects remedied upon notices served:—
Water closets (new fixed and old repaired) | 121 |
Drains (new laid, repairs, and stoppages cleared) | 72 |
Water apparatus | 27 |
Dust receptacles | 54 |
Premises in an uncleanly condition | 361 |
Overcrowding | 18 |
Underground rooms illegally occupied | 3 |
Premises improperly ventilated | 15 |
Yard paving | 57 |
Limewhiting of yards | 98 |
Houses in which infectious diseases occurred | 130 |
Bakehouses | 5 |
Animals improperly kept | 3 |
Accumulations of manure, &c. | 57 |
Receptacles for manure | 1 |
Black smoke | 7 |
Registration of houses let in lodgings | 2 |
Miscellaneous | 180 |
Total | 1,211 |
I remain,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN NORTON, M.D., D.P.H., M.R.C.S.,
Medical Officer of Health.
February, 1898