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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: TABLE IX.— Tabular Summary of House Improvements up to the 31st of March, 1859.

TABLE IX.— Tabular Summary of House Improvements up to the 31st of March, 1859.

Name of Street or Place.No. of Houses in Place or Street.No. of Houses Inspected.Drains.Cesspools.Water Closets.Dust Bins.Pavement.General Water Supply.General Improvement.Remarks.
Number constructed.Improvement or Repair.Traps fixed,Abolished.Cleansed and Disinfected.Pans and Traps furnished.New ones constructed.Water supply provided.Constructed.Repaired.Constructed.Reiaid or Repaired.Receptacles provided. |Receptacles repaired.Water supply provided.Generally repaired.Cleansing and Limewhiting.Ventilation.
1234567891011121314151617181920
4712406822312634821248184140384930536141324484373137211446
Tabular Summary of House Improvements for the Quarter ending 30th June, 1859.
Lansdowne Place66000000000000000000Thirty cases of smoke nuisance have been reported to the Committee during the past Quarter, 21 on the North District, and 9 on the South District.
Burr Street3434000008080000000000
Nightingale Lane4400000000o000000040
Scarborugh Street28280000000000000000130
Tenter Street1414000404040000000040
Spital Square4040000303030000000000
Maria Place11000000000001000010Eleven cases of nuisance for keeping swine, have been removed; 10 of which were on the North side. In one of these cases only, a summons was required.
Fann Court55000000000001000050
cox,s Court11000000000000000010
John's Place101000001000000010000100
Prince's Place101000001000000010000100Improvements to paving of courts, etc. as under; John's-place, Pririce's-place, Wentworth-court. East, Wentworth - court, West, and New-court, Dorset-street.
Wentworth Courts, E. & W.16161601640161616160160160161600
Total1691691601611203116311601641601616480
Gross Total48811237239126349812592041434100961552141484525974738811926