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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 1897

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

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Table: Nuisances for the abatement of which Notices were served during the year 1897.

Nuisances for the abatement of which Notices were served during the year 1897.

Drains choked664
To ventilate drains188
To cleanse w.c. pans131
To provide pans and traps670
To provide flushing apparatus248
To provide gully traps350
Stack pipes to drains342
Sink pipes to drains209
Drains defective1,306
Flushing apparatus defective503
Stack pipes do.509
Sink pipes do.283
Gutters do.890
Water fittings do.164
Floors do.672
Roofs do.1,047
Doors do.46
Windows do.52
Staircases do.49
Seats of W.C.'s do.109
Walls and ceilings do. or dirty3,501
Walls and ceilings do. do. of bakehouses17
W.C.'s dilapidated6
Offensive accumulations140
Animals improperly kept77
To abate over-crowding61
Paving of yards defective1,487
To provide water supply673
To cleanse water tanks232
To cover water tanks786
To provide grids to gullies128
To remove gipsies19
Carried forward15.559