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 Walthamstow]
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New w.c. pans and traps 868
New gulley traps .. 867
Bell traps abolished 70
New water waste preventers to w.c. 128
Water waste preventers repaired 279
W.c. floors concreted 229
VV.c.'s repaired or cleansed 45
W.c. lighting and ventilation improved 35
New sinks provided 119
Sink and bath wastes repaired or renewed 331
„ „ trapped 11
Sculleries paved 53
Yards and forecourts paved and drained 627
Water supply reinstated or improved 156
Overcrowding abated 54
Dirty houses cleansed 196
Dirty rooms cleansed 1524
Floors repaired 45
Ventilation under floors provided 182
Cisterns cleansed or covered 241
Stables paved, drained or cleansed 19
Offensive accumulations removed 111
Nuisance from keeping of animals abated 28
Manure receptacles provided 25
„ „ repaired 1
Manhole covers re-sealed 13
New damp-proof courses to houses provided 26
New w.c.'s built 9
Smoke nuisances 2
Sites concreted 5
Cesspools cleansed and abolished 6
Infectious Diseases.—Eight hundred and twenty seven houses have
been disinfected after the occurrence of infectious disease, and inspection
made with the view of ascertaining their sanitary condition and the
possibility of a local contributory cause, and 76 books in use from the