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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Factories and Workshops | Home-workers' Premises. | |
|---|---|---|
| Dirty yards | 3 | 22 |
| Dirty or defective walls and ceilings | 241 | 473 |
| „ „ floors | 24 | 80 |
| Defective rcofs | 29 | 38 |
| „ guttering and stack pipes | 31 | 60 |
| „ window frames and sash lines | 15 | 20 |
| „ stairs and treads | 13 | 15 |
| „ handrails and banisters | 6 | 21 |
| „ doors | 3 | 5 |
| „ water fittings | 2 | 26 |
| „ cisterns | 5 | 12 |
| „ sinks | 2 | 5 |
| „ coppers | 4 | 14 |
| „ stoves | 2 | 10 |
| „ water-closet pans and traps | 19 | 30 |
| „ flushing apparatus | 14 | 35 |
| „ soil pipes | 2 | — |
| „ drains | 5 | 20 |
| „ yard paving | 17 | 40 |
| Choked drains | 8 | 12 |
| No dust receptacle | 23 | 33 |
| Water closets without doors | 2 | — |
| Damp walls | 15 | 15 |
| Failure to affix Abstract | 45 | — |
| Abstract improperly filled in | 6 | — |
| No homeworkers' lists kept | 17 | — |
| Workrooms insufficiently ventilated | 4 | — |
| Workrooms overcrowded | 6 | — |
| Noxious fumes from gas stoves | 8 | — |
| Insufficient water-closet accommodation | 1 | — |
| Unsuitable water-closet accommodation | — | — |
| No separate accommodation for the sexes | 3 | — |
| 575 | 986 |