Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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I append tabulated particulars of work done in the District:—
Wards. | |||||
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Manor Park. | Plashet. | Central. | Beckton and North Woolwich | Totals | |
Primary Inspections made | 755 | 942 | 1469 | 585 | 3751 |
Notifications of Infectious Diseases | 242 | 370 | 273 | 65 | 950 |
House-to-House Inspections | 129 | 91 | 528 | 342 | 1090 |
Houses found in a sanitary condition | 210 | 384 | 298 | 166 | 1058 |
Walls and Ceilings requiring repair | 70 | 95 | 197 | 193 | 561 |
Yards and Forecourts insufficiently and not paved | 197 | 153 | 447 | 116 | 913 |
Drains and Connections requiring amendment | 49 | 20 | 46 | 22 | 137 |
Defective W.C. traps | 23 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 60 |
Defective sink waste pipes | 7 | 5 | 23 | 37 | 72 |
Rainwater pipes directly connected to drains | 15 | 20 | 34 | 15 | 84 |
Defective flushing apparatus, or no water to W.C. | 30 | 44 | 77 | 34 | 185 |
W.C. flushed direct from drinking water Cisterns | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
Foul and broken soil pans | 45 | 53 | 133 | 84 | 315 |
Defective rainwater pipes and eaves gutters | 20 | 14 | 29 | 25 | 94 |
Roofs not watertight | 32 | 20 | 48 | 89 | 189 |
Water cut off (E.L.W.W.Co.) | 21 | 23 | 10 | ... | 54 |
Drinking Water cisterns without covers | 114 | 67 | 62 | 50 | 293 |
Dampness | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 56 |
Inundations | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | 6 |
Offensive accumulations | 66 | 58 | 59 | 20 | 203 |
No under-floor ventilation | 93 | 42 | 94 | 107 | 336 |
Breaches of Council's Bye-laws | 10 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 59 |
No dust-bins | 79 | 53 | 76 | 23 | 231 |
Overcrowding | 1 | ... | 7 | ... | 8 |
Defective drain ventilating shafts | 7 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 36 |
Dilapidated floors | 20 | 10 | 52 | 63 | 145 |
Animals improperly kept | 5 | 6 | 1 | ... | 12 |
Choked drains | 72 | 94 | 202 | 59 | 427 |
Other nuisances | 184 | 121 | 229 | 67 | 601 |
Preliminary Notices served | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2150 |
Statutory Notices served | ... | ... | ... | ... | 62 |
Summonses | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Nuisances abated | 1035 | 941 | 1763 | 992 | 4731 |