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Stepney 1913

[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.BOTTOMLEY.TOTALS.
Number of Inspections— House to house389218458298357235245285453709532174456477392....5678
Miscellaneous2485175113122221194714402166203018781648160816061637130019051806179430534
Complaints221214421399289314327238205257284297479123144252784542
Infectious diseases202120163203158171148537055158141834290....1857
Visits to Cases of Consumption126911534564801122201833552041099621017485....3054
Intimations served117296176386198569612249097296841080622140479172595599515536
Statutory notices served864638412495694453752150403301772494557542106961427871
Houses re-visited4246506137303506443431922926385737202748438328044624340645763724417365110
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891212152151123153356
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts ..101721109310010010275727211072724272....1265
Summonses ,, ,, ,,84261215481364534....85
Houses or parts of houses cleansed204326150352832273782283002403501852563863414264224854
Water supply to houses re-instated3174732125210683225..100
Drains constructed and reconstructed15042744810060282324375249232352....785
„ cleansed and repaired681241411471581007746722310293884910245111446
„ trapped185871376137915647237151119624....860
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated1060371587025226213131533....320
New closet pans and traps fixed1881091467167101027545511678305710613..1218
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus641501791424675205585291504316213919795151781
Closets provided with light and ventilation22428626..331..21825....138
,, cleansed and repaired50135189161351362472385592111951602661713711302642
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired27012495133163115186921301061551321792571472521052641
"Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved52664021201219..316934212132411399
Sanitary dust receptacles provided4363091274730484172291422630718388104155761302941
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected119371331832776..52413334....375
Houses ventilated under lower floor1297..1323..5312..566911....237
Miscellaneous repairs, viz. : roofs, floors, gutters, &c.2145872243582532061592183973162893047062733264503695649
Overcrowding in dwellings abated105837138512329303156210146091487
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued10..13..67....7....4215147
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed32..23..1....122120
Offensive accumulations removed1351657110619932101217563535181420744
Bakehouses inspected32312422223630241022242832814359
,, cleansed32312422223630241022242832814359
Smoke nuisances abated131532117142214359
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed3621791372872631046105
Damp walls remedied2478821441959193021112876J05702327663
Cisterns cleansed and covered3121121258242....5221816122
Urinals fixed..143..1..1....23..5........29
Open fires in yards abolished......5110146..3....6........45
Canal Boats inspected..68..............................68
Areas and stables paved and drained56....4..22....346..4......81
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued........1........................1
Light and ventilation provided to rooms1......22251210..7l535295125

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