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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

East Ham 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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Table: I append tabulated particulars of work done in theDistrict.

I append tabulated particulars of work done in the

District.

Wards.
Manor Park.PlashetCentralBeckton and North WoolwichTotals.
Primary Inspections made4017659212622349
Notifications of Infectious Diseases13130625636729
House-to-House Inspections63413477251
Houses found in a sanitary condition11829216453627
Walls and Ceilings requiring repairing386625768429
Yards insufficiently and not paved345316551303
Drains and Connections requiring amendment1763643147
Defective W.C. traps32324252
Defective sink waste pipes388423
Rainwater pipes directly connected to drain91342771
Defective flushing apparatus or no water to W C.20326017129
W.C. flashed direct from drinking water cisterns522615
Broken soil pans1418551097
Defective rainwater pipes and eaves gutters112210317153
Roofs not water-tight101613943208
Water cut off (E.L.W.W.Co.)273010168
Drinking water cisterns without covers2965795178
Dampness9167311109
Inundations4105524
Offensive accumulations37542713131
No underfloor ventilation6149010120
Breaches of Council's Bye-laws229215
No dust bins1627727122
Overcrowding..2316
Defective drain ventilating shafts62315..44
Dilapidated Floors58341663
Animals improperly kept6410222
Other Nuisances10916225559585
Preliminary Notices served........896
Statutory Notices served........112
Summonses........4
Nuisances abated40365914273362825