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 West Ham]
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Factories 1,246
Workshops 731
Miscellaneous 3,948
Laundries 10
Schools 5
Re-inspections 47,493
Number of Notices served—
On Offenders 26
„ Owners 9,069
„ Occupiers 208
Number of Notices complied with—
By Offenders 17
„ Owners 8,861
„ Occupiers 93
Total Nuisances found 51,120
„ „ abated 49,326
Defects for the abatement of which 8,343
Notices were served during the year 1923.
Drains and Soil Pipes— Flushing Apparatus—
Cleansed 501 Repaired 511
Repaired 551 Newly Provided294
New Provided 4 Water Supply Provided 19
W.C. Pans or Traps— Yard Paving—
Cleansed 44 Repaired 655
Repaired 56 New Provided 73
New Provided 83 Defects remedied in—
Surface Gullies— Roofs 3010
Cleansed 14 Floors 1340
Repaired 20 Staircases 997
New Provided 1 Windows 2311
Sinks and Sink Pipes— Doors 891
Cleansed 133 Fireplaces 1203
Repaired 137 Walls and Ceilings 4420
New Provided 1 Ditches, Urinals, etc.,
Stack Pipes and Rain- Cleansed 3
Water Gutters— Animals improperly kept 9
Cleansed 678 Offensive Accumulations 105
Repaired 1049 Overcrowding 36
New Provided 2 Smoke Nuisances 53
Water Fittings and Dust Receptacles Provided 695
Cisterns— Rooms Disinfected 2064
Cleansed 106 Other Nuisances 186
Repaired 205
Total 22,360