London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Rotherhithe 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]

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208
Infected houses inspected 130
Rooms disinfected and cleansed 83
Bedding supplied and destroyed nil
Bedding purified nil
Drains tested and examined 28
Notices served for houses let in lodgings 7
Defective water fittings and inefficient supplies 27
Sink waste pipes directly connected to drains 19
Dirty and dilapidated rooms, passages, wash-house and ceilings 327
No through ventilation under floors 110
Insanitary pans and traps 65
Defective stackpipes, guttering and pointing 299
Defective yard and wash-house paving 305
Damp, defective house walls, floors, seats and walls of w.c., and urinals 235
No water to w.c. and urinals 109
Defective and leaky main, wash-house and w.c. roofs 203
Overcrowding 11
Rainwater pipes directly connected to drains 7
Stables unpaved 12
Smoky nuisances abated 13
Choked rainwater pipes and gutters 62
Insanitary and defective traps 77
Accumulations of offensive matter 40
Other inspections and complaints 129
No dung pits 9
Dirty and defective uncovered cisterns 5
Forecourts defective and unpaved 116
Choked and overflowing drains 21
Defective main and branch drains 35
Unventilated soil pipes 2
Animals so kept as to be a nuisance 27
Drinking water cistern directly connected to w.c.'s 9
No receptacles for offal 3
Bodies removed to mortuary 2
Dust complaints 11
Bakehouses and slaughterhouses 19
Cowhouses 1
Workshops and Factories 12