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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| Flushing Apparatus— | |
| Repaired | 562 |
| New provided | 438 |
| Water Supply provided | 442 |
| Yard Paving— | |
| Repaired | 1 393 |
| New provided | 294 |
| Defects remedied in— | |
| Roofs | 1,188 |
| Floors | 541 |
| Staircases | 30 |
| Windows | 24 |
| Doors | 35 |
| Fireplaces | 52 |
| Walls and ceilings | 3,950 |
| Earth Closets or Privies— | |
| New provided | 1 |
| Cesspools— | |
| Cleansed | 2 |
| New provided | 1 |
| Abolished | 11 |
| Ditches, Urinals, &c.— | |
| Cleansed | 4 |
| Animals improperly kept | 45 |
| Offensive accumulations | 186 |
| Carried forward | 16,408 |