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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Nuisances dealt with in connection with
Workshops and Factories.
Defective and dirty walls 230
Failure to affix Abstract 64
Failure to send in list of homeworkers 27
Gas stoves unventilated 2
No separate accommodation for the sexes 8
Defective and unsuitable water closet accommodation 23
Workrooms overcrowded 12
Wash-house floors unpaved 6
No receptacle for house refuse 8
No water supply 2
Choked drains 5
Cisterns dirty and uncovered 6
Workrooms insufficiently ventilated 7
Defective floors ... ... ... ... ... ... 9
,, yard paving 19
,, water closets 10
„ water fittings 8
„ eaves, guttering and stacks 12
„ windows and sash lines 23
„ roofs 12
,, banisters 4
„ soil pipes 2
Yards unpaved 2
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