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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 1899

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

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It will be noticed that the nuisances discovered are in excess
of the Notices served; this is owing to the fact that one Notice
will call for the abatement of several nuisances, and in many
instances personal interviews were obtained, and the required
works executed by the respective persons liable.

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 Woolwich.Total
Primary Inspections made734134716166064303
Notifications of Infectious Diseases17843026737912
House-to-House Inspections1911705863461293
Houses found in a sanitary condition2605955111551521
Walls and Ceilings requiring repair1242712394131047
Yards insufficiently and not paved9115330571620
Forecourts unpaved12517838878769
Drains and connections requiring amendment32533616137
Defective w.c. traps91810441
Defective sink waste pipes61217136
Kam-water pipes directly connected to drains13265217108
Defective flushing apparatus, or no water to w.c43747637230
W.c.'s flushed direct from drinking-water cisterns1...1...2
Foul and broken soil pans509413366343
Defective rain-water pipes and eaves gutters33352412104
Roofs not water-tight174910366235
Water cut off (E.L.W.W. Co.)1732161075
Drinking-water cisterns without covers10010913319361
Dampness1523101159
Inundations5151627
Offensive accumulations52959026263
No underfloor ventilation6572143113393
Breaches of Council's Bye-laws232327376
No dust-bins7771458201
No manure-bins72033161
Overcrowding...131115
Defective drain ventilating shafts21712141
Dilapidated floors .1316262883
Animals improperly kept396...18
Choked drains34739939245
Other nuisances7510113533344
Preliminary Notices served............1960
Statutory Notices served............119
Summonses............9
Nuisances abated898143520169605309