[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 35

Shoreditch 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea as to the nature of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings of the people in Shoreditch, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—

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In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea as to the nature of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings of the people in Shoreditch, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—

	Insp. Lear	Insp. Firth.	Insp. Jordan.	Insp. Lang stone.	Insp. Pearson.	Insp. Stokes.	Total.
New drains constructed	1	4	7	6	3	9	30
Drains re-constructed or repaired	15	22	55	35	55	53	235
Sink waste pipes trapped and disconnected	2	40	61	3	11	6	126
Stack pipes re-instated	31	47	30	18	93	33	252
Eaves gutters re-instated	62	41	29	34	94	39	299
Stack pipes disconnected from drains	1	29	20	3	..	1	54
Accumulations of sewage dealt with	3	6	28	25	63	37	162
Cesspools abolished	2	..	..	..	..	..	2
New water closets constructed	20	2	32	2	5	292	353
Old water closets re-constructed or repaired	13	37	107	46	64	68	335
Water closets cleansed and white-washed	208	27	175	46	169	213	838
Water closet flushing apparatus repaired	58	23	93	55	92	116	437
Obstructions in water closets removed	43	20	34	21	36	63	217
Overcrowding in houses abated	13	13	19	17	16	26	104
Damp courses in houses provided	1	16	7	..	2	3	29
Walls pointed	20	12	1	4	3.1	2	70
Roofs repaired	07	29	31	84	100	99	410
Stairs repaired	46	22	16	8	14	5	111
Floors repaired	59	14	16	23	43	34	189
Ventilation under floors ptovided	1	3	3	14	18	2	41
Doors repaired	18	6	14	19	9	20	86
Door cills provided	¹¹	17	4	1	14	1	48
Sashes repaired	98	6	12	13	6	9	144
Houses cleansed throughout	⁵¹	12	47	27	41	43	221
Houses cleansed in part	72	113	40	153	212	87	677
Total number of rooms cleansed	730	320	393	527	720	700	3390
Yards or areas lime-washed	230	6	148	33	128	168	713
Yards paved	42	43	48	36	91	29	289
Areas and forecourts paved	4	5	6	6	13	..	34
New areas constructed	1	..	..	..	..	1	2
Sculleries paved	1	6	4	4	7	1	23
Dust receptacles provided	61	41	50	81	82	77	392
Dung receptacles provided	..	1	..	..	..	• •	1
Insanitary cisterns removed	••	..	..	..	••	..	..

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In addition to the above 5 old brick drains were removed and in 51 instances
nuisances and annoyance resulting from the presence of rats on premises were dealt
with. Where rats are complained of it is most frequently found that there are defects
in drains on the premises or near at hand which have to be remedied in order to
get rid of them. Rats are known to be closely associated with the dissemination
of the infection of plague, the importance of having sound drains so as to exclude
rats from dwellings as a precaution against plague, therefore, is not to be overlooked.
The attention of the sanitary staff was specially directed to the point towards the
latter end of the year in consequence of the occurrence of several cases of plague
in one of the Eastern Counties of England.
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Shoreditch 1910

Table: In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea as to the nature of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings of the people in Shoreditch, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—

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