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 29
| 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 or Rooms 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2638 | 1907 | 1119 | 1209 | 43 | 52 | 2824 | 2439 | 1994 | 2314 | 661 | 3228 | 2093 | 174 | 2393 | 57 | 64 | 27 | 36 | 684 | 244 | 20987 | 706 | ||
| SUMMARY OF WORK EXECUTED FROM THE 29th SEPTEMBER, 1860, TO 31st DECEMBER, 1860. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 198 | 122 | 87 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 178 | 142 | 178 | 197 | 86 | 510 | 49 | 29 | 73 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 124 | 3 | 2210 | 97 | |
| Gross Total | 2836 | 2029 | 1206 | 1307 | 45 | 52 | 3002 | 2581 | 2172 | 2511 | 747 | 3738 | 2142 | 203 | 2466 | 62 | 70 | 27 | 39 | 808 | 247 | 23,197 | 803 | |
The total number of Nuisances removed is 37,607, 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 numbers in the Table and Column above alluded to,
would be fully doubled.
Several cases of keeping swine have come under the notice of the Inspectors, during the past quarter; but, with the exception of one
case in Princes Street, for the removal of which, the Inspector took out a summons; they were all removed by the usual preliminary notices.