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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT.
| A. COOK. | E. T. CROOK. | T. W. DRE. | E. W. FLINT. | J.W. JOHNSON. | H. MILLS. | Gr. O- PAYITT. | H. QUAINTRELL. | W.SHEPHERD. | R. SIMPSON. | A. W. STILES. | J. TWAITS. | R H. WATERMAN. | J. WHITE. | T. P. WRACK. | H. BOMOMLEY. | H. O. HARRIS. | S. H. V. TRIMMING. | W. T. TWYNHAM. | TOTALS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Inspections— | ||||||||||||||||||||
| House to house | 404 | 601 | 633 | 398 | 412 | 621 | 924 | 502 | 884 | 835 | 531 | 864 | 511 | 465 | 599 | 550 | 762 | 184 | 216 | 10891 |
| Micellaneous | 2355 | 242 | 1105 | 1259 | 2090 | 1861 | 584 | 1825 | 1352 | 934 | 1207 | 525 | 1342 | 1220 | 1560 | 920 | 635 | 329 | 391 | 21636 |
| Complaints | 405 | 313 | 117 | 227 | 78 | 316 | 592 | 259 | 86 | 147 | 126 | 454 | 55 | 96 | 426 | 29 | 126 | 132 | 32 | 4016 |
| Infectious diseases | 90 | 60 | 48 | 64 | 156 | 76 | 185 | 166 | 58 | 84 | 74 | 130 | 79 | 70 | 102 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1442 |
| Re-visits—Number of | 2460 | 1787 | 2098 | 2172 | 4578 | 3635 | 3753 | 2889 | 2818 | 4412 | 2512 | 3337 | 2377 | 2115 | 2352 | 3437 | 3885 | 1501 | 1625 | 53193 |
| Intimations served | 703 | 653 | 533 | 521 | 917 | 996 | 1289 | 675 | 848 | 1106 | 1162 | 1041 | 634 | 601 | 718 | 893 | 697 | 434 | 381 | 14802 |
| Statutory notices served | 398 | 522 | 355 | 434 | 213 | 548 | 928 | 188 | 217 | 721 | 522 | 856 | 156 | 407 | 455 | 57 | 219 | 94 | 60 | 7350 |
| Summonses taken out under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891 | 11 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ... | 8 | 15 | 6 | 11 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 69 |
| Food and Drugs Acts, etc.—No. of samples taken | 102 | 60 | 90 | 98 | 90 | 92 | 124 | 95 | 126 | 90 | 62 | 93 | 90 | 93 | 93 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1898 |
| „ „ No. of summonses taken | 4 | • •• | ... | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 28 |
| Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance, removed | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | ... | 2 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 73 |
| Areas and stables paved and drained | 3 | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| Bakehouses—No. of inspections to | 22 | 30 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 318 |
| „ No. cleansed | 22 | 30 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 314 |
| Cisterns cleansed and covered | 13 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 11 | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 6 | 3 | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 53 |
| Damp walls remedied | 41 | 90 | 52 | 33 | 70 | 47 | 54 | 30 | 35 | 34 | 74 | 94 | 70 | 30 | 30 | 7 | 65 | 34 | 11 | 901 |
| Drains—Cleansed or repaired | 63 | 125 | 36 | 36 | 146 | 39 | 173 | 67 | 19 | 157 | 129 | 70 | 65 | 62 | 90 | 27 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1350 |
| Constructed or reconstructed | 17 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 9 | 38 | 17 | 38 | 48 | 4 | 31 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 821 |
| Soil pipes fixed and ventilated | 17 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 21 | ... | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 45 | 3 | 27 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 197 |
| Trapped | 35 | 46 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 80 | ... | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 47 | 5 | 18 | 49 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 381 |
| Dust receptacles provided | 49 | 40 | 54 | 70 | 64 | 82 | 132 | 59 | 107 | 149 | 100 | 142 | 97 | 42 | 22 | 60 | 67 | 40 | 56 | 1432 |
| Houses or parts of houses cleansed | 453 | 400 | 382 | 380 | 341 | 360 | 718 | 246 | 380 | 576 | 412 | 727 | 410 | 338 | 298 | 419 | 301 | 237 | 161 | 7539 |
| ,, ventilated beneath the lower floor | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 20 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 75 |
| Light and ventilation provided to rooms | ... | 12 | 24 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 7 | ... | 4 | 15 | 20 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 96 |
| Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 59 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 107 | 5 | 24 | 35 | 14 | 67 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 112 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 563 |
| Open fires in yards abolished | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 |
| Overcrowding in dwellings abated | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 3 | ... | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 85 |
| Sheds occupied as dwellings discontinued | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
| Sink, bath, lavatory pipes and rainwater pipes disconnected | 7 | 16 | 33 | ... | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | ... | 15 | ... | 19 | 106 | 4 | 19 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 251 |
| Smoke nuisances abated | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | ... | 14 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45 |
| Underground rooms—Illegal occupation discontinued | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 15 |
| Urinals fixed | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 |
| Verminous rooms cleansed | 93 | 160 | 23 | 88 | 67 | 103 | 108 | 67 | 64 | 143 | 96 | 88 | 49 | 32 | 48 | 31 | 81 | 100 | 19 | 1460 |
| Wash-houses, forecourts, &c., paved | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 86 | 8 | 17 | 14 | ... | 10 | 2 | 44 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 255 |
| Waterclosets—Cleansed or repaired | 198 | 145 | 142 | 136 | 144 | 360 | 110 | 83 | 247 | 219 | 362 | 218 | 102 | 31 | 156 | 157 | 119 | 153 | 121 | 3203 |
| „ Light and ventilation provided | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 25 | ... | 3 | 5 | ... | 3 | ... | 58 | 1 | 17 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 177 |
| „ Pans and traps fixed | 198 | 160 | 32 | 17 | 113 | 51 | 51 | 48 | 33 | 98 | ... | 54 | 166 | 39 | 96 | 10 | ... | 3 | 7 | 1197 |
| ,, Water supply or flushing apparatus provided | 198 | 184 | 73 | 44 | 129 | 168 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 142 | 148 | 64 | 218 | 45 | 129 | ... | 38 | 57 | 47 | 1754 |
| Water supply to houses reinstated | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 11 | ... | 5 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 121 |
| Yards cleansed, paved, or paving repaired | 41 | 115 | 94 | 96 | 76 | 97 | 111 | 64 | 20 | 183 | 97 | 184 | 99 | 64 | 58 | 105 | 62 | 48 | 78 | 1692 |
| Miscellaneous repairs to roofs, gutters, floors, sashes, fireplaces, coppers, etc. | 572 | 650 | 509 | 933 | 1175 | 789 | 1150 | 604 | 1014 | 1183 | 1139 | 1681 | 534 | 527 | 513 | 626 | 681 | 428 | 416 | 15124 |
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