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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 1903

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

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Table: Number of Outworkers working for West Ham Firms notified to other Districts.

Number of Outworkers working for West Ham Firms notified to other Districts.

To Leyton160
„ East Ham129
„ Stepney40
„ Poplar20
„ Hackney1
„ Romford1
,. Walthamstow1
„ Ilford19
Total371

Table: Nuisances dealt with in connection with Outworkers' dwellings :—

Nuisances dealt with in connection with Outworkers' dwellings :—

Dirty walls and ceilings280
Defective roofs52
„ sashlines and window frames51
„ floors27
„ plaster and walls23
„ hand rails and banisters31
„ yard paving35
„ stack pipes and guttering40
,, window sills27
„ doors24
„ stair treads42
„ drains14
„ coppers9
„ stoves10
„ water closet pans14
„ wash-house paving10
„ external walls3
Carried forward692