London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead]
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Manholes provided 61
Soil and ventilating pipes provided or renewed . 47
Soil and ventilating pipes repaired 10
New 6" gullies provided 115
New W.C. pans (pedestal and straight back variety) 87
WASTE PIPES, ETC.
New glazed stoneware sinks and wastes provided 67
Bath, sink or lavatory wastes renewed or repaired 39
New flushing cisterns provided 53
New flush pipes provided 25
Plush cisterns and pipes repaired 28
WATER SUPPLY.
Drinking water storage cisterns removed or cleansed and
covered 37
Draw-off taps provided on main service pipes for dietetic
purposes 25
Premises supplied with main service 2
DIRTY PREMISES.
Dirty houses cleansed throughout 15
Dirty rooms (additional) cleansed 82
Portable iron dustbins provided 57
Offensive accumulations removed 16
DAMPNESS AND DILAPIDATIONS.
Damp-proof courses fixed in external walls of house (consisting
of double courses of slate bedded in cement) 29
Site of house covered with cement concrete 9
Cross ventilation provided for underground floors 58
Sculleries reconstructed in brickwork 7
Water-closets reconstructed in brickwork . 21
Walls underpinned and repaired 17
Yards paved and drained. 61
Yard paving repaired 23
Defective roofs repaired or made watertight 57
Defective rain water pipes and guttering repaired or renewed 79
Windows renewed, repaired or made to open 60
Light and ventilation to rooms provided or improved27
Light and ventilation provided to water closets 33