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Shoreditch 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Stokes, 500 Inspector Wright, 575 Inspector Pratt and 586 under the supervision
of Inspector Chapman. In connection with the work arising out of the sanitary
notices served, some 1,026 letters were sent to owners of property, builders, and
others concerned.
Some 41,430 visits of inspection were made by the sanitary inspectors during
the year. The premises under inspection included dwelling houses, artisans'
dwellings, houses let in lodgings, outworkers' premises, factories, workshops,
laundries and bakehouses under the Factory and Workshops Act, cowsheds and
milk vendors' premises, ice cream shops, slaughter houses, aud places where food
is prepared and sold.
The house to house inspection carried out during the year is referred to later
in the report (page 37).

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 the Borough, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—

Insp. Firth.Insp. JordanInsp. Langstone.Insp. Pearson.Insp. Stokes.Insp. Wright.Insp. Pratt.Insp. Chapman.Total.
New drain? constructed4111213...41048
Drains re-constructed or repaired4113153953265922268
Sinks trapped and disconnected .503961305172201
Stack pipes reinstated86135179934510368538
Eaves gutters reinstated65112268934510371478
Stack pipes disconnected28151513...62
Accumulations of sewage removed2311736531513167
Soil pipes ventilated11224...414
New water closets constructed4433313...194
W.c.'s re constructed or repaired3855228080206811374
W.c.'s cleansed and white-washed1926962190315109652051,234
W.c.'s flushing apparatus repaired40115397670276595533
Obstructions in w.c.'s removed3019164248155456280
Overcrowding in houses abated414223749482926256
Damp courses in houses provided29...68...144189
Walls pointed39311242113621174
Roofs repaired463175568838180111625
Stairs repaired42216171136632156
Floors repaired5411183517235383299
Ventilation under floors provided191312......834
Doors repaired2216211021252128164
Door sills provided584...9......291101
Sashes repaired1326163614191556195
Houses cleansed throughout2117257072384161426
Houses cleansed in part2681122354631972493131,378
Total number of rooms cleansed6948737346798187087471,2596.512
Yards or areas lime-washed688270125356167972391,204
Yards paved11712265447379456443
Areas and forecourts paved27...341229461
New areas constructed...........................
Sculleries paved735415411...49
Dust receptacles provided9020783756478384495
Dung receptacles provided121...11...1117

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