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 Whitechapel]
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TABLE I.—Continued.
Number of HOUSES VISITED from JANUARY 1st, 1859, to the 31st MARCH, 1859, where the undermentioned NUISANCES were found to exist. | Other Works, &c. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Requiring Limewashing and Cleansing. | Without Dust-bins. | Requiring Repair. | Cellars and Yards ill-paved. | Without Water for domestic use. | Inadequate Water supply. | Cesspools existing within 100 feet of Sewer. | Cesspools and Drain to Sewer. | Cesspools not within distance of Sewer. | Defective Drainage. | Filth in Cellars. | Privies in filthy condition. | Requiring Water to Soil-pans. | Privies in Cellars in an offensive condition. | Inadequate Privy accommodation. | Offensive Common Privies in Courts. | Overflowing Cesspools. | Stagnant Water on Premises. | Overcrowded Houses. | Houses unfit for human habitation. | Privies having Water supply but without Soil-pans. | Defective and Offensive Gullies. | Gullies stopped. | Accumulation of Filth in open places. | Cow-houses and Yards visited. | Slaughter-houses visited. | Dangerous structures. | Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings. | Works in progress. | Works allowed to stand over from various causes. | Works done without notice. |
143 | 110 | 52 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 109 | 49 | 114 | 23 | 167 | 218 | 17 | 5 | 78 | 11 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 39 | 93 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 49 | 288 | 230 | 458 |