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 1900

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

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Defective wash-house paving31
„ guttering and stack pipes26
„ water-closets32
„ roofs57
„ flushing apparatus26
„ window sashes35
,, floors24
„ coppers20
„ doors13
,, stairs13
„ water fittings12
„ sinks and sink waste pipes14
„ stoves in laundries15
Overcrowded workrooms10
Shops without seats for assistants10
No separate accommodation for sexes5
Cases of over employment2
No external ventilation to water-closet6
Dirty lavatories8
Insufficient water-closet accommodation4
Workrooms insufficiently ventilated10
„ „ warmed8
Insufficient outlet for steam5
Noxious fumes from gas irons2
Total1,519

Table: Table showing Nuisances dealt with in connection with Factories:—

Table showing Nuisances dealt with in connection with Factories:—

Dirty walls and ceilings25
Dirty lavatories15
No separate accommodation for sexes4
Insufficient water-closet accommodation3
Carried forward47