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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

Bethnal Green 1889

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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Table: DETAILED SCHEDULE OF INSTRUCTIONS—continued.

DETAILED SCHEDULE OF INSTRUCTIONS—continued.

10.—Scullery sink connected with drain.Disconnect scullery sink from drain and cause same to empty over an earthenware syphon gully in yard.
11.—No water supply to house.Provide proper water supply and water supply apparatus.
12.—Cistern dirty, no cover.Cleanse cistern and provide a cover.
13.—Water supply to house from w.c. cistern.Disconnect water supply from w.c. cistern and provide a separate supply from the main.
14.—W.C. dirty, dilapidated, pan foul.Properly cleanse, repair and lime-white w.o., and cleanse the pan.
15.—W. C. pan broken, cracked, decayed, badly set.Remove defective soil pan, and provide and fix a new one with a properly trapped outlet.
16.—W.C. trap broken, defective.Remove defective trap and provide and fix a new one.
17.—W.C. choked, drain choked.Open the drain and remove the cause of obstruction.
18.—W.C., no water supply to.Provide and fix a proper water supply and water supply apparatus to w.c., so constructed as to discharge at least two gallons at each flush through an inch and a quarter down pipe.
19.—W.C. badly ventilated.Improve the ventilation of w.c.
20.—W.C. badly placed, and impossible to be ventilated.Remove w.c. from present situation and construct a new one, in such position as will admit of ventilation into the external air, by means of an opening at least 18 inches square.