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 Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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INSPECTOR FLETCHER'S REPORT.
St. Leonard, Shoreditch,
Sanitary Department.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
I beg to report to you that during- the year ending
March 25th, 1878, the conditions named below have caused nuisances
dangerous to health, and were inspected and remedied under my
supervision.
Accumulations of dung, &c., removed . . from 10 premises
Obstructed closet drains, repaired and cleansed 8 „
Rooms overcrowded in 12 dwellings
Water supply re-instated in 52 premises
Carriage and footways. (on private property) —
paved.. in 7 „
Corpses decomposing, removed from 8 dwellings
MINOR NUISANCES.— Nuisances in dwellings not referred
to Inspector Alexander (little alteration only needed)
such as defective roofs, floors, yards, &c. in 11 premises.
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