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 1897

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

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Brought forward15,559
To empty cesspools23
Offensive urinal1
To provide dung pits10
Smoke nuisances2
Premises unfit for human habitation3
To cleanse ditches4
To remove soil pipes35
To provide ventilation237
Sinks defective22
To provide sinks2
Total15,898

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1,235 rooms in 1,194 houses were disinfected.