London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Walthamstow 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Sanitary Inspection of the Area.

Sanitary Inspection of the Area.

No. of inspections made.No. of nuisances detected.No. of complaints received.No. of Informal Notices.No. of Statutory Notices served.Total visits.
Served.Complied with.
193199921292414612641270516525760
19308904733617032379220611922823

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Of the 165 Statutory Notices served during 1931, 108 were complied
with.

Table: The nature and variety of the work done during 1931 is shown in the following tables:—

The nature and variety of the work done during 1931 is shown in the following tables:—

Drains tested357
,, reconstructed or repaired248
,, obstructions removed249
,, means of access provided42
,, ventilation provided or improved41
,, ventilation repaired171
Soil pipes repaired26
,, ,, new provided25
Rain water pipes, renewed220
,, ,, ,, disconnected from drains42
Roofs repaired or renewed711
Gutterings repaired or renewed375
W.C. pans or traps provided405
Gully traps provided59
W.C. flush cisterns provided29
,, ,, ,, repaired227
W.C. floors concreted73
W.C. 's repaired and cleansed502
Waste pipes renewed or trapped171
,, ,, repaired107
New sinks provided80
Water supply reinstated4
,, ,, taken off main13
Cisterns cleansed and covered64
Conveniences cleansed and covered29
Sculleries paved91
Yards and forecourts paved and repaired466
Dirty houses cleansed172
,, rooms cleansed. 4,001
Floors repaired290
Ventilations under floors provided180
New damp-proof courses provided276
Sites concreted2