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

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Richmond upon Thames 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Sinks:
Defective or insanitary sink 22
Want of sink 8
Insanitary wall-surface around sink 1
Waste-pipes:
Insanitary W.P.'s or shafts 4
Defective waste-pipes 52
Untrapped or unventilated waste-pipes 7
Waste-pipes directly connected to drain 1
Dampness:
Defective roofs 222
Defective gutters or spouting 142
Want of damp-proof course 6
Defective external brickwork 26
Defective pointing of door and window
reveals 19
Damp and insanitary site under floor 3
Floor cavity unventilated
Defective wall or floor ventilators 8
General Defects:
Verminous rooms 45
Verminous bedding 12
Dirty floors, woodwork, etc. 14
Accumulations of offensive matter 43
Nuisances from fowls, or other animals 3
Defective plastering (No. of rooms) 438
Dirty walls and ceilings (No. of rooms) 110
Dirty walls and ceilings of staircases and
passages 22
Defective floors 98
Defective doors and windows 132
Defective doors and window fastenings 9
Overcrowding 15
Defective furnace or brickwork of copper 3
Name and Address of Owner or M.O.H. not
in Rent Book 2