Table III.

Frequency distribution of the measures and indices of the domestic built environment in Burj Barajneh camp in Beirut, Lebanon, Urban Health Survey 2002 (n = 860).

Measures of the domestic built environment	Frequency (n)	Percentage (%)
Measures of infrastructure and services
Problems in timing of garbage collection	772	89.8
Problems in garbage disposal	753	87.6
Problems in sewage disposal	741	87.5
Problems with the reliability of electrical power	552	64.2
Flooding from rainwater	184	21.4
Cuts in electrical power for more than 4 hours/day	28	3.3
Evacuation due to rainwater flooding	34	3.2
Inadequacy of drinking water	8	0.9
Unavailability of drinking water	0	0
Measures of housing conditions
Cockroach infestation	716	83.3
Poor ventilation	691	80.3
Presence of seepage in walls	634	73.7
Presence of humidity	568	66.0
Presence of cracks in walls	541	62.9
Presence of seepage in ceiling	522	60.7
Lack of adequate lighting in living room	430	50.0
Presence of cracks in ceiling	414	48.1
Presence of water overflow from floor drains	352	45.3
Always	116	13.5
Most of the time	29	3.4
Sometimes	207	24.1
Lack of adequate lighting in bedroom	379	44.1
Absence of a main source of heating	284	33.0
Mice infestation	281	32.7
Presence of broken windows	215	25.4
Presence of exposed electrical wires	215	25.0
Rat infestation	176	20.5
Domestic built environment indices
Infrastructure and services index
0 - 1 problem	154	17.9
2 - 3 problems	297	34.5
4 - 9 problems	409	47.6
Housing conditions index
0 - 4 problems	188	22.0
5 - 7 problems	472	55.3
8 - 15 problems	194	22.7
Crowding index
1 person/room	257	29.9
2 - 3 persons/room	528	61.4
≥ 4 persons/room	75	8.4