London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1862
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE 12.
| 1. ARRANGED IN WARDS. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wards. | Houses Inspected. | Drains Constructed | Drains Trapped. | ||
| North | 160 | 77 | 98 | ||
| South | 204 | 30 | 53 | ||
| East | 76 | 61 | 71 | ||
| West | 280 | 35 | 27 | ||
| Totals | 720 | 203 | 249 | ||
| Wards. | Drains Improved. | Cesspools filled up. | Cesspools emptied. | ||
| North | 17 | 43 | 24 | ||
| South | 25 | 82 | 11 | ||
| East | 16 | 70 | 21 | ||
| West | 28 | 162 | 24 | ||
| Totals | 86 | 357 | 80 | ||
| Wards. | Privies altered to Water Closets. | New Closets constructed. | Dust Removals. | ||
| North | 157 | 39 | 4500 | ||
| South | 50 | 5 | 4550 | ||
| East | 68 | 42 | 3600 | ||
| West | 27 | 3 | 4050 | ||
| Totals | 302 | 89 | 16700 | ||
| 2. MISCELLANEOUS. | |||||
| Gullies Made. | Gullies Emptied. | Gullies Trapped. | |||
| Nos. 120. | Nos. 2576. | Nos. 150. | |||
| Houses connected with Sewers. | Total Works. | ||||
| Nos. 173. | Nos. 21805. | ||||