Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.
TWAITS. | JOHNSON. | WRACK. | COOK. | PAVITT. | CROOK. | MILLS. | SHEPHERD. | WHITE. | FLINT. | SIMPSON. | QUAINTRELL. | STILES. | DEE. | WATERMAN. | HARRIS. | BOTTOM LEY. | TOTALS. | |
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Number of Inspections— House to house | 332 | 196 | 400 | 460 | 306 | 251 | 264 | 383 | 483 | 932 | 398 | 328 | 284 | 346 | 297 | .. | .. | 5660 |
Miscellaneous | 1688 | 1597 | 1339 | 1860 | 1464 | 990 | 2145 | 1631 | 1661 | 886 | 1628 | 1287 | 1649 | 1150 | 2012 | 1672 | 1692 | 26351 |
Complaints | 168 | 196 | 374 | 478 | 287 | 275 | 343 | 250 | 221 | 143 | 180 | 321 | 326 | 145 | 114 | 185 | 25 | 4031 |
Infectious diseases | 131 | 154 | 233 | 183 | 142 | 209 | 121 | 57 | 60 | 48 | 148 | 157 | 71 | 37 | 105 | .. | .. | 1856 |
Visits to Cases of Consumption | 340 | 233 | 309 | 312 | 289 | 383 | 439 | 163 | 284 | 290 | 509 | 296 | 360 | 264 | 232 | .. | .. | 4703 |
Intimations served | 800 | 968 | 629 | 790 | 934 | 583 | 1130 | 819 | 711 | 594 | 94 3 | 747 | 1319 | 819 | 709 | 815 | 1012 | 14322 |
Statutory notices served | 558 | 564 | 225 | 466 | 586 | 367 | 770 | 506 | 403 | 340 | 650 | 566 | 511 | 585 | 134 | 127 | 134 | 7492 |
Houses re-visited | 4390 | 5223 | 3466 | 3550 | 4191 | 4138 | 3425 | 1860 | 3380 | 2585 | 4494 | 2614 | 4094 | 3469 | 4487 | 4053 | 4473 | 63892 |
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | .. | 5 | 5 | .. | 1 | 7 | 53 |
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts | 101 | 72 | 102 | 84 | 102 | 100 | 102 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 110 | 29 | 72 | 42 | 73 | .. | 43 | 1249 |
Summonses „ ,, ,, ,, | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .. | 4 | 5 | . . | 6 | 83 | |
Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 249 | 362 | 301 | 325 | 143 | 145 | 347 | 314 | 279 | 205 | 323 | 288 | 146 | 264 | 307 | 334 | 346 | 4668 |
Water supply to houses re-instated | 7 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 6 | .. | 7 | 140 |
Drains constructed and reconstructed | 163 | 35 | 39 | 58 | 111 | 80 | 34 | 32 | 23 | 24 | 95 | 26 | 40 | 3C | 96 | .. | .. | 886 |
„ cleansed and repaired | 72 | 134 | 106 | 142 | 205 | 65 | 87 | 91 | 83 | 32 | 155 | 84 | 125 | 37 | 111 | 40 | 42 | 1611 |
,, trapped | 211 | 40 | 76 | 65 | 6 | 23 | 223 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 32 | .. | .. | 778 | |
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 16 | 41 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 35 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 56 | .. | .. | 318 |
New closet pans and traps fixed | 206 | 87 | 74 | 63 | 136 | 50 | 116 | 120 | 63 | 10 | 157 | 38 | 48 | 55 | 185 | 8 | 5 | 1421 |
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus | 82 | 184 | 102 | 183 | 62 | 70 | 246 | 157 | 55 | 19 | 155 | 30 | 183 | 144 | 249 | 115 | 31 | 2067 |
Closets provided with light and ventilation | 6 | 54 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 178 | 11 | 12 | 3 | .. | 320 |
,, cleansed and repaired | 27 | 189 | 179 | 157 | 26 | 95 | 315 | 85 | 61 | 64 | 113 | 83 | 143 | 121 | 146 | 210 | 103 | 2117 |
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired | 315 | 159 | 46 | 141 | 226 | 135 | 219 | 178 | 114 | 55 | 141 | 128 | 10 | 145 | 241 | 140 | 121 | 2514 |
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved | 63 | 97 | 17 | 18 | 52 | 7 | 50 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 21 | 13 | 52 | 49 | 64 | 22 | 6 | 563 |
Sanitary dust receptacles provided | 128 | 122 | 13 | 54 | 97 | 45 | 117 | 57 | 29 | 24 | 154 | 120 | 3 | 54 | 122 | 70 | 98 | 1307 |
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected | 97 | 73 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 11 | .. | .. | 358 |
Houses ventilated under lower floor | 162 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 11 | .. | 17 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 624 | 11 | 8 | .. | .. | 890 |
Miscellaneous repairs, viz.: roofs, floors, gutters, &c. | 188 | 695 | 226 | 271 | 284 | 265 | 490 | 350 | 425 | 225 | 411 | 391 | 85 | 288 | 324 | 247 | 338 | 5503 |
Overcrowding in dwellings abated ,, | 16 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 16 | 13 | 79 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 24 | .. | 2 | 20 | 24 | 59 | 81 | 463 |
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 | 9 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 32 |
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | 3 | 3 | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 42 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 66 |
Offensive accumulations removed | 8 | 16 | 121 | 62 | 22 | 5 | 169 | 44 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 65 | .. | 45 | 35 | 24 | 24 | 676 |
Bakehouses inspected | 30 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 14 | .. | .. | 333 |
,, cleansed | 30 | 18 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 14 | 32 | 8 | 11 | .. | .. | 271 |
Smoke nuisances abated | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 62 |
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 3 | .. | 3 | 17 | 7 | .. | 19 | 5 | .. | 3 | 7 | .. | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 95 |
Damp walls remedied | 27 | 78 | 5 | 18 | 63 | 24 | 56 | 23 | 61 | 21 | 11 | 42 | 97 | 134 | 73 | 24 | 43 | 800 |
Cisterns removed or cleansed and covered | 13 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 74 |
Urinals fixed | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 40 |
Open fires in yards abolished | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 |
Canal Boats inspected | .. | 51 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 |
Areas and stables paved and drained | 16 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 15 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 51 |
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Light and ventilation provided to rooms | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 7 | 15 | 45 | 9 | .. | 104 |
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