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 1860
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Whitechapel]
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TABLE II.—SUMMARY OF WORKS EXECUTED UP TO THE 30TH JUNE, 1860.
| Limewhiting 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 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2336 | 1597 | 1033 | 1160 | 38 | 48 | 2646 | 2231 | 1835 | 1904 | 600 | 2642 | 2009 | 162 | 21S2 | 53 | 64 | 27 | 34 | 275 | 237 | 18832 | 622 | |
| SUMMARY OF WORK EXECUTED FROM THE 30TH JUNE. 1860. TO 29TH SEPTEMBER. 1890) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 302 | 310 | 86 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 178 | 208 | 159 | 410 | 61 | 586 | 84 | 12 | 211 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 409 | 7 | 2152 | 84 |
| Gross Total | 2638 | 1907 | 1119 | 1209 | 43 | 52 | 2824 | 2439 | 1994 | 2314 | 661 | 3228 | 2093 | 174 | 2393 | 57 | 64 | 27 | 36 | 684 | 24-4 | 20,987 | 706 |
The total number of Nuisances removed is 33,942, 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 Siphon 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.