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 Lee]
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„ Defective floors remedied 51
„ W.C.'s whitewashed and cleansed 58
,, Premises cleansed (interior) 72
„ Yards paved and repaired 84
„ Foul and defective W.C.'s pans
remedied 98
„ W.C.'s choked 72
,, Defective water pipes repaired 18
„ Damp walls remedied 54
„ Dustbins provided 37
„ Defective spouting remedied 29
,, Foul dustbins remedied 20
„ Bad smells under floors 10
„ Defective drains remedied 29
,, Stoppage of drains remedied 67
„ Manure heaps removed 7
„ Dirty urinals cleansed 13
„ Overcrowding 9
„ Animals causing nuisance 13
„ No water for domestic purposes 17
„ An accumulation of refuse 63
„ Dungpits erected 2
„ Cesspools emptied 74
„ Stables paved and drained 4
„ Certificates issued for water supply
to new houses 131
1. The houses in the Parish are in a fair Sanitary condition,
although there are a great number in the lower part of the
Parish requiring constant inspection.