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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 1860

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]

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Table: TABLE II.—SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO 31st MARCH, 1860.

TABLE II.—SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO 31st MARCH, 1860.

Lime Whiting and Cleansing.Dust Bins erected.Houses repaired.Yards and Cellars re-paved.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 unfitted for Human Habitation.Ventilation improved.Private Courts Paved.Filth in open places removed.Dangerous Structures.Other Nuisances removed, Dust, Stagnant Water, &c.Dangerous Cellar Flaps and Area Gratings.
211513879411071383723352036164815645622182 196816018805160253020623117,510551
SUMMARY OF WORK EXECUTED from the 31st of MARCH to 30th of JUNE, 1860.
Total2212109289011311195187340384604123022424696132271
Gross Totals33659710331160384826462231183519046002642200916221825364273427523718,832622

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It will be seen in Table No. 1, Column No. 1, that the total number of Nuisances removed is 29,801, 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 the laid from Siphon to Sewer, &c. If each of these were shewn, as a distinct work executed, the number of
the Table and Column above alluded to, would be fully doubled.