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 JUNE 30TH 1859, TO THE 1st, OCTOBER, 1859, WHERE THE UNDERMENTIONED NUISANCES WERE FOUND TO EXIST. | OTHER WORKS, &c. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requiring Limewashiing 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 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 causcs | Works done without notice. |
| 149 | 198 | 61 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 97 | 269 | 29 | 298 | 312 | 32 | 1 | 89 | 110 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 39 | 209 | 28 | 42 | 7 | 39 | 311 | 196 | 610 | |
* This refers to Cellars and Rooms occupied as dwellings.