London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1895
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Olave]
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TABLE VI.—
| WATER CLOSETS— | |
| New closets provided at workshops or factories | 8 |
| Closets re-constructed | 1 |
| New closets provided at dwelling-houses | 7 |
| Closets re-constructed | 9 |
| Closets without water supplies | 37 |
| Closets with defective water supplies | 81 |
| Closets defective, stopped or dirty | 118 |
| Closets with insufficient light or ventilation | 26 |
| Defective soil pipes | 9 |
| Urinals defective, foul, or without water supplies | 4 |
| DRAINS— | |
| Premises provided with new drains | 87 |
| Drains stopped | 39 |
| Drains defective | 76 |
| Drains untrapped | 56 |
| Drains with defective traps | 4 |
| Waste pipes from sinks, &c., connected to drains | 28 |
| Stack pipes connected to drains | 34 |
| DUST BINS— | |
| New sanitary bins provided | 54 |
| Dust Bins repaired | 3 |
| ,, recovered | 3 |
| YARDS— | |
| Yards repaved | 19 |
| Paving repaired | 32 |
| Yards and walls of same foul | 16 |
| Sculleries repaved | 6 |
| HOUSES— | |
| Requiring general repairs | 28 |
| Requiring ventilation under ground floor | 56 |
| Houses with damp walls | 41 |
| Roofs and roof gutters defective | 50 |
| Eaves, gutters and down pipes defective | 31 |
| Rooms dirty | 253 |
| Rooms overcrowded | 75 |
| Rooms requiring better ventilation | 41 |
| Passages and staircases dirty | 43 |