London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Whitechapel 1859
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE I.—continued.
| NUMBER OF HOUSES VISITED FROM MARCH 31st, 1859, TO THE 30th JUNE, 1859, WHERE THE UNDER MENTIONED 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. | |
| 205 | 98 | 50 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 198 | 102 | 79 | 120 | 19 | 245 | 281 | 23 | 2 | 72 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 62 | 105 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 58 | 297 | 813 | 511 | |
| *Filthy Houses where Illness frequently existed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||