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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
Shoreditch 1883
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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| Notices served requiring the abatement of nuisances injurious to health in | 1386 premises. |
WORKS DONE TO SECURE ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES.
| Glazed pipe drains provided in lieu of dilapidated brick drains in | 59 premises |
| Defectively constructed pipe drains repaired or re-laid in | 550„ |
| Drains provided where there were none before in | 21„ |
| Drains (untrapped), traps provided in | 71 „ |
| Cesspools emptied and filled up in | 56 „ |
| Accumulation of Sewage removed from | 16 „ |
| Stack pipes (having their heads dangerously close to bedroom windows, permitting sewer gas to pass into the dwellings) disconnected from drains in | 571 „ |
| Stack pipes provided in | 105 „ |
| Eaves gutters provided in | 137 „ |
| Window cills provided in | 2 „ |
| Waste pipes of sinks within doors (untrapped and permitting sewer gas to impregnate the dwellings) have been securely trapped, or otherwise disconnected from drains and have now their ends in the open air, and immediately over the yard sinks in | 423 „ |
| Roofs repaired in | 91 „ |
| Stairs repaired in | 88 „ |
| Floors repaired in | 86 „ |
| Hearth stones and jambs provided in | 22 „ |
| Walls and ceilings cleansed, whitened and repaired throughout in | 231„ |
| Ditto ditto in part in | 105 „ |