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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 1898

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

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Table: I append tabulated particulars of work done in the District:—

I append tabulated particulars of work done in the District:—

Wards.
Manor Park.Plashet.Central.Beckton and North WoolwichTotals
Primary Inspections made75594214695853751
Notifications of Infectious Diseases24237027365950
House-to-House Inspections129915283421090
Houses found in a sanitary condition2103842981661058
Walls and Ceilings requiring repair7095197193561
Yards and Forecourts insufficiently and not paved197153447116913
Drains and Connections requiring amendment49204622137
Defective W.C. traps23209860
Defective sink waste pipes75233772
Rainwater pipes directly connected to drains1520341584
Defective flushing apparatus, or no water to W.C.30447734185
W.C. flushed direct from drinking water Cisterns411713
Foul and broken soil pans455313384315
Defective rainwater pipes and eaves gutters2014292594
Roofs not watertight32204889189
Water cut off (E.L.W.W.Co.)212310...54
Drinking Water cisterns without covers114676250293
Dampness1316151256
Inundations132...6
Offensive accumulations66585920203
No under-floor ventilation934294107336
Breaches of Council's Bye-laws101828359
No dust-bins79537623231
Overcrowding1...7...8
Defective drain ventilating shafts71512236
Dilapidated floors20105263145
Animals improperly kept561...12
Choked drains729420259427
Other nuisances18412122967601
Preliminary Notices served............2150
Statutory Notices served............62
Summonses............3
Nuisances abated103594117639924731