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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

West Ham 1893

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

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Table: Notices to abate Nuisances, or remedy Defects, served during the year 1893.

Notices to abate Nuisances, or remedy Defects, served during the year 1893.

Drains choked851
To cleanse w.c. pans90
To lay drains bare for inspection217
To furnish new pans to w.c.'s236
Stack pipes connected to drains476
Sink do. do. do.356
To relay drains105
Drains defective299
W.C. pans do.150
Flushing apparatus defective577
Stack pipes defective190
Sink pipes do.155
Gutters do.359
Water fittings do.120
Walls and ceilings dirty or defective1926
Floors defective314
Roofs do.479
Doors do.52
Water tanks do.71
Seats of w.c.'s do.121
W.C.'s dilapidated13
Offensive accumulations166
Animals improperly kept41
To abate over crowding48
To pave and drain yards483
To drain stables15
Houses without proper water-supply298
To cleanse water tanks174
To cover do. do.450
To furnish new gullies645
To render premises fit for human habitation26
To cleanse walls and ceilings of bakehouse28
W.C. traps defective103
Gullies do.121
Stairs do.34
Windows do.54
To ventilate drains86
To disconnect disused w.c. from drain3
Smoke nuisance4
To abate nuisance from factories2
Carried forward9,938