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
Rotherhithe 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Rotherhithe]
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197
Insanitary and defective traps 111
Drains unstopped and cleansed 37
Accumulation of offensive matters 5
No receptacles for dung 3
Dirty, defective and uncovered cisterns 51
Forecourts defective and unpaved 23
Defective main and branch drains 19
Sanitary conveniences supplied to workshops, wharves, etc. 2
Workshops and work-places inspected 2
Trade nuisances abated nil
Animals kept as to be a nuisance 5
Drinking water cistern directly connected to w.c. 37
No receptacles for offal nil
Houses registered under Bye-laws for houses let in lodging 5
Bodies removed to mortuary 3
Bakehouses and cowhouses 13