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 West Ham]
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Brought forward | 15,132 |
To remove gipsies | 29 |
To empty cesspools | 7 |
Offensive urinals | 2 |
To provide dung pits | 28 |
Smoke nuisance | 1 |
To render premises fit for human habitation | 10 |
To cleanse ditch. | 1 |
To remove soil pipes | 15 |
To provide ventilation | 26 |
To abolish privy | 1 |
Barricade premises | 6 |
Fill in basements | 3 |
Provide sinks | 2 |
Total | 15,263 |
1,788 rooms in 1,736 houses were disinfected.