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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 1909

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

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

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 inspected18—117—104—159—83—92—573—
Bakehouses, slaughter-houses and dairies inspected.38—73—62—151—36—47—407—
Urinals inspected22—21—14—12—4—10—83—
Walls and ceilings dirty and dilapidated152047704596688332—46—253269
Yards improperly paved and dilapidated9722931960421431281911123322
No forecourt paving1—15651382947211301870223
Drains unstopped and cleansed419—34—259—365—140—188—1605—
Defective drains818520359815371422112142
Defective w.c. connections3—633—922—5—285
Defective w.c. traps3—221—563—2—168
Soil pipes and drains insufficiently ventilated——2—5———1———8—
Defective flushing apparatus2222272128335313—13—104110
Soil pans foul and broken432141431012932162632176181
Defective vent pipes8—162662614386114—6491
R.w pipes and eaves gutters defective881937. 62920112538—61189
Do. corn ected to drain———4324622—3—1430
Roofs leaky24101893912535—17—55114
Defective sink waste pipes674117189306111—4367
Houses without water (M.W.Bd.)——5—5—14—8—9—41—
Cisterns without covers11—15411838451019—186116186
Drinking water improperly stored——10257814811—9—5141
Dilapidated floors28610112631——4—1961
Insufficient underfloor ventilation251591072116034788142017117391
Dampness—48105917627—6—4385
Accumulations29140—387642920—29—22037
Inundations——2—2—8———2—14—
Overcrowding——5—6—85114—246
Unsound food——2—5—4———2—13—
No dust bins9_714322336—6_5437
No manure bins2——1—122————414
Animals improperly kept1—3—6311I4—2—274
Temporary buildings found3—413210—4—2—263
Smoke nuisances1144—1111112—504
Rear passages unpaved or undrained9———————————9—
Gipsies81—97—9—59—————246—
Breaches of Bye-Laws——2—2—22————62
Other nuisances24—84174416512817228121264
Drains tested512211221388614529731212666137