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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
Bethnal Green 1880
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE VI.
INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c.,
| Districts. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| No. of Complaints Received during year | 2005 | 2126 | 1015 | 5146 | |
| No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected | |||||
| Results of Inspection— | |||||
| Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of | 1391 | 1550 | 756 | 3697 | |
| Houses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed | 597 | 756 | 391 | 1744 | |
| Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases | 356 | 221 | 211 | 788 | |
| House Drains— | |||||
| Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 397 | 410 | 286 | 1093 | |
| Trapped or Ventilated | 254 | 212 | 106 | 572 | |
| Privies and Water Closets. | |||||
| 595 | 443 | 235 | 1273 | ||
| Dust Bins— | |||||
| 197 | 209 | 89 | 495 | ||
| Water Supply— | |||||
| Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered | 39 | 78 | 189 | 306 | |
| Miscellaneous— | |||||
| No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | |
| No. of Dust Complaints received and attended | 4765 | 3322 | 1886 | 9973 | |
| Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water Animal and other Refuse | 213 | 105 | 196 | 514 | |
| Removal of Animal improperly kept | 9 | 16 | 59 | 84 | |
| Licensed Cowhouse | Regularly Inspected. | 18 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| Licensed slaughterhouses | 7 | 11 | 4 | 22 | |
| Fish Cursers | 15 | 27 | 10 | 52 | |
| Other Proceedings e g. Legal Proceedings | 65 | 94 | 6 | 165 | |
| Fever Cases | 169 | 183 | 97 | 449 | |
| Small Pox | 223 | 128 | 54 | 405 | |
| Diphtheria | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |