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

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Richmond upon Thames 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Sinks:
Defective or insanitary sink 22
Want of sink 5
Insanitary wall-surface around sink 6
Waste-pipes:
Insanitary W.P.'s or shafts 6
Defective waste-pipes 37
Untrapped or unventilated waste-pipes 5
Waste-pipes directly connected to drain 2
Dampness:
Defective roofs 185
Defective gutters or spouting 114
Want of damp-proof course 2
Defective external brickwork 28
Defective pointing of door and window
reveals 15
Damp and insanitary site under floor 3
Floor cavity unventilated 1
Defective wall or floor ventilators 3
General Defects:
Verminous rooms 126
Verminous bedding 226
Dirty floors, woodwork, etc. 10
Accumulations of offensive matter 20
Nuisances from fowls, or other animals 2
Defective plastering (No. of rooms) 344
Dirty walls and ceilings (No. of rooms) 174
Dirty walls and ceilings of staircases and
passages 24
Defective floors 67
Defective doors and windows 56
Defective doors and window fastenings 35
Overcrowding 5
Defective furnace or brickwork of copper 5
Permitted No. not in Rent Book 2