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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TWAITS. | JOHNSON. | WRACK. | COOK. | PAVITT. | CROOK. | MILLS. | SHEPHERD. | WHITE. | FLINT. | SIMPSON. | QUAINTRELL. | STILES. | DEE. | WATERMAN. | HARRIS. | BOTTOMLEY. | TOTALS. | |
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Number of Inspections— House to house | 292 | 174 | 410 | 304 | 338 | 66 | 187 | 177 | 378 | 471 | 410 | 155 | 425 | 427 | 205 | .. | 1 | 4420 |
Miscellaneous.. | 2152 | 1645 | 1757 | 1996 | 1408 | 1406 | 2388 | 1767 | 1944 | 2109 | 1598 | 1673 | 1834 | 1375 | 1939 | 1696 | 1812 | 30499 |
Complaints | 227 | 115 | 257 | 368 | 251 | 369 | 422 | 188 | 194 | 271 | 370 | 180 | 330 | 176 | 103 | 215 | 102 | 4138 |
Infectious diseases | 275 | 160 | 227 | 141 | 313 | 481 | 409 | 202 | 127 | 143 | 238 | 264 | 180 | 43 | 131 | .. | .. | 3334 |
Visits to Cases of Consumption | 153 | 82 | 302 | 163 | 319 | 113 | 435 | 178 | 148 | 140 | 118 | 379 | 153 | 124 | 100 | .. | .. | 2907 |
Intimations served | 601 | 800 | 728 | 640 | 805 | 518 | 1096 | 737 | 632 | 743 | 979 | 508 | 1331 | 811 | 636 | 789 | 852 | 13206 |
Statutory notices served | 444 | 439 | 293 | 371 | 497 | 354 | 624 | 400 | 359 | 437 | 702 | 416 | 493 | 492 | 115 | 128 | 101 | 6665 |
Houses re-visited | 3472 | 4259 | 3482 | 3452 | 3902 | 3190 | 2899 | 3666 | 3697 | 2865 | 4640 | 2875 | 4621 | 2876 | 3974 | 3153 | 4918 | 61941 |
Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 12 | 6 | .. | 4 | 13 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 44 |
Samples taken under the Food & Drugs Acts .. | 100 | 72 | 100 | 81 | 100 | 100 | 109 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 72 | 72 | 42 | 72 | .. | .. | 1238 |
Summonses „ ,, ,, ,, | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 64 |
Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 151 | 354 | 207 | 361 | 189 | 244 | 335 | 190 | 275 | 276 | 278 | 165 | 223 | 294 | 348 | 323 | 281 | 4494 |
Water supply to houses re-instated | 1 | 2 | 20 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 7 | .. | 6 | 4 | 15 | .. | 2 | 3 | 74 | |
Drains constructed and reconstructed | 120 | 43 | 34 | 37 | 85 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 49 | 45 | 20 | 14 | 75 | .. | .. | 644 |
,, cleansed and repaired | 54 | 130 | 67 | 105 | 133 | 96 | 53 | 45 | 70 | 60 | 116 | 84 | 121 | 45 | 90 | .. | 10 | 1279 |
,, trapped | 196 | 57 | 48 | 119 | 8 | 20 | 77 | 34 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | .. | .. | 652 |
New soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 21 | 55 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 32 | .. | .. | 230 |
New closet pans and traps fixed | 157 | 106 | 63 | 65 | 125 | 37 | 60 | 47 | 21 | 149 | 34 | 23 | 49 | 106 | 12 | 5 | 1121 | |
Closets provided with a water supply and flushing apparatus | 74 | 131 | 128 | 136 | 41 | 82 | 205 | 142 | 43 | 19 | 165 | 17 | 135 | 114 | 199 | 74 | 5 | 1710 |
Closets provided with light and ventilation .. | 22 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 34 | •• | 153 | |||
„ cleansed and repaired | 50 | 121 | 154 | 152 | 57 | 85 | 290 | 150 | 57 | 92 | 111 | 64 | 181 | 144 | 159 | 286 | 141 | 2294 |
Yards cleansed, repaved, or paving repaired | 151 | 116 | 54 | 127 | 122 | 65 | 126 | 70 | 102 | 69 | 136 | 110 | 102 | 156 | 100 | 177 | 77 | 1860 |
Wash-houses, forecourts, areas, &c., paved | 17 | 63 | 14 | 19 | 62 | 4 | 7 | .. | 33 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 304 |
Sanitary dust receptacles provided | 78 | 75 | 5 | 92 | 58 | 65 | 47 | 68 | 41 | 49 | 138 | 103 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 67 | 87 | 1162 |
Sink, bath, and lavatory pipes and rain-water pipes disconnected | 111 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 14 | .. | 6 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 50 | .. | .. | 304 |
Houses ventilated under lower floor | 70 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4 | .. | .. | 149 |
Miscellaneous repairs, viz. : roofs, floors, gutters, &c. | 209 | 453 | 174 | 332 | 261 | 189 | 401 | 259 | 279 | 540 | 466 | 347 | 316 | 211 | 292 | 301 | 332 | 5362 |
Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 8 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 54 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 69 | 22 | 9 | 50 | 92 | 463 |
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 39 |
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 15 |
Offensive accumulations removed.. | 17 | 13 | 166 | 86 | 5 | 6 | 178 | 67 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 45 | 26 | 41 | 20 | 33 | 24 | 772 |
Bakehouses inspected | 34 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 40 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 4 | 14 | .. | .. | 361 |
,, cleansed | 34 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 30 | 3 | 14 | .. | .. | 318 |
Smoke nuisances abated | 3 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 79 |
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 2 | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | 12 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 128 |
Damp walls remedied | 21 | 51 | 7 | 19 | 33 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 40 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 89 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 491 |
Cisterns cleansed and covered | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 8 | 3 | .. | 44 |
Urinals fixed | 5 | 11 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 42 |
Open fires in yards abolished | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 |
Canal Boats inspected | .. | 93 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 93 |
Areas and stables paved and drained | 15 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 35 |
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Light and ventilation provided to rooms | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 12 | .. | .. | 2 | 14 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 92 |
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