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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Olave 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Olave]
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TABLE III.—
| WATER CLOETS— | |
| New closets provided at wharves, workshops or factories | 9 |
| Closets re-consfcructed „ „ | 4 |
| New closets provided at dwelling-houses | 2 |
| Closets re-constructed | 3 |
| Closets without water supplies | 26 |
| Closets with defective water supplies | 79 |
| Closets defective, stopped or dirty | 132 |
| Closets with insufficient light or ventilation | 15 |
| Defective soil pipes | 11 |
| Urinals defective, foul, or without water supplies | 14 |
| DRAINS— | |
| Premises provided with new drains | 67 |
| Drains stopped | 39 |
| Drains defective | 110 |
| D rains untrapped | 40 |
| Drains with defective traps | 13 |
| Waste pipes from sinks, &c., connected to drains | 50 |
| Stack pipes connected to drains | 30 |
| DUST BINS — | |
| New sanitary bins provided | 67 |
| Dust Bins repaired | 9 |
| ,, recovered | 4 |
| YARDS— | |
| Yards repaved | 4 |
| Paving repaired | 55 |
| Sculleries, cellars, &c., repaved | 10 |
| Yards in foul condition | 6 |
| HOUSES— | |
| Requiring general repairs | 19 |
| Requiring ventilation under ground floor | 6 |
| Houses with damp walls | 46 |
| Roofs and roof gutters defective | 56 |
| Eaves, gutters and down pipes defective | 25 |
| Rooms dirty | 325 |
| „ „ (notices to tenants) | 85 |
| Rooms overcrowded | 79 |
| Rooms requiring better ventilation | 30 |
| Passages and staircases dirty | 41 |