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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 II.—SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1859.
| Limewhiting and Cleansing. | Dust Bins erected. | Houses repaired. | Yards and Cellars re-payed. | Water supplied for domestic use. | Larger supply of Water given. | Cesspools abolished. | Cesspools cleansed.—No Sewerage. | New House Drainage made. | House Drainage improved, Trapped, &c. | Cellars cleansed. | Filthy Privies cleansed. | Water supply to Soil-pans. | New Privies constructed. | Pans to Privies provided. | *Over-crowded Houses remedied. | †Houses or Rooms unfitted for human habitation. | Ventilation improved. | Private Courts Paved. | Filth in open places removed. | Dangerous structures. | Othernuisances removed,Dust,StagnantWater,&c. | Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1786 | 1008 | 727 | 945 | 35 | 36 | 1899 | 1617 | 1278 | 1179 | 482 | 1451 | 1822 | 118 | 1657 | 42 | 49 | 22 | 26 | 127 | 222 | 15051 | 470 | ||
| SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED FROM 1st OCTOBER, TO 31st JANUARY, 1859. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 119 | 199 | 110 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 155 | 221 | 81 | 187 | 39 | 315 | 48 | 32 | 107 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 1099 | 45 | |
| Gross Total | 1905 | 1207 | 837 | 1004 | 37 | 37 | 2054 | 1838 | 1359 | 1366 | 521 | 1766 | 1870 | 150 | 1764 | 46 | 54 | 24 | 27 | 169 | 228 | 16,150 | 515 | |
It will be seen in Table No. 1, Column No. 1, that the total number of Nuisances removed is 17,262, but that number does not give the
details of each separate case. For instance: the case may be an Offensive Privy—requiring, 1st. Cesspool to be emptied and filled up. 2nd. To
be Trapped and Panned. 3rd, Pipes to be laid from Siphons to Sewer, &c. If each of these were shown, as a distinct work executed, the number
in the Table and Column above alluded to, would be fully doubled.
* The number of houses shown as over-crowded have been remedied by the Inspectors alone, the cases not being such as could be referred
to the police.
+ The houses or rooms referred to as unfit for human habitation, have also been remedied by the Inspectors, the Police having no power
to act. Three of them were cellars or kitchens, not constructed according to the requirements of the Metropolis Management Act, relating to the
occupation of underground rooms as dwellings.