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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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36
Nuisances dealt with in connection with
Homeworkers' dwellings.
Dirty walls and ceilings 196
Defective floors 40
„ roofs 34
„ windows and sash lines 30
„ banisters and stair treads 26
„ guttering and stack pipes 24
„ drains 16
„ water fittings 10
„ flush tanks 11
„ coppers 6
„ sink waste pipes 5
Dirty water closets 20
„ yards 26
„ and uncovered cisterns 14
Overcrowding 3
Dangerous staircases 2
463
| From Finsbury | 300 |
| „ Poplar | 273 |
| ,, City of London | 257 |
| „ Stepney | 98 |
| „ East Ham | 50 |
| „ Bethnal Green | 38 |
| „ Shoreditch | 22 |
| „ Marylebone Carried forward | 22 1,060 |