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

West Ham 1896

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

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Brought forward15,132
To remove gipsies29
To empty cesspools7
Offensive urinals2
To provide dung pits28
Smoke nuisance1
To render premises fit for human habitation10
To cleanse ditch.1
To remove soil pipes15
To provide ventilation26
To abolish privy1
Barricade premises6
Fill in basements3
Provide sinks2
Total15,263

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1,788 rooms in 1,736 houses were disinfected.