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East Ham 1909

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

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The following is a record in detail of the inspections made during the Year, 1909.

Beckton and North Woolwich Ward.Central East Ward.Central West Ward.Manor Park Ward,Plashet East Ward.Plashet West Ward.Total.
Gen.H to HGen.H to HGen.H to HGen.H to HGen.H to HGen.H to HGeo.H to H
Inspections46593736376655534824353320434354034351439
Premises found in fair condition2481832685342183358291461020991629334
Factories, workshops, and outworkers' premises inspected181171041598392573
Bakehouses, slaughter-houses and dairies inspected.3873621513647407
Urinals inspected2221141241083
Walls and ceilings dirty and dilapidated15204770459668833246253269
Yards improperly paved and dilapidated9722931960421431281911123322
No forecourt paving115651382947211301870223
Drains unstopped and cleansed419342593651401881605
Defective drains818520359815371422112142
Defective w.c. connections36339225285
Defective w.c. traps32215632168
Soil pipes and drains insufficiently ventilated2518
Defective flushing apparatus222227212833531313104110
Soil pans foul and broken432141431012932162632176181
Defective vent pipes81626626143861146491
R.w pipes and eaves gutters defective881937. 6292011253861189
Do. corn ected to drain432462231430
Roofs leaky241018939125351755114
Defective sink waste pipes6741171893061114367
Houses without water (M.W.Bd.)55148941
Cisterns without covers1115411838451019186116186
Drinking water improperly stored1025781481195141
Dilapidated floors2861011263141961
Insufficient underfloor ventilation251591072116034788142017117391
Dampness4810591762764385
Accumulations291403876429202922037
Inundations228214
Overcrowding5685114246
Unsound food254213
No dust bins9_7143223366_5437
No manure bins21122414
Animals improperly kept136311I42274
Temporary buildings found341321042263
Smoke nuisances11441111112504
Rear passages unpaved or undrained99
Gipsies8197959246
Breaches of Bye-Laws222262
Other nuisances2484174416512817228121264
Drains tested512211221388614529731212666137