Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]
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TABLE IX.
INSPECTORS' REPORT OF THE SANITARY WORK, &c.,
Completed in the year ending December 31st, 1882.
districts. | Total. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | |||
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., inspected | 1421 | 1054 | 574 | 3049 | |
RESULTS OF INSPECTION— | |||||
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses and Premises | 1137 | 724 | 429 | 2290 | |
Douses and Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, and Whitewashed | 297 | 130 | 97 | 524 | |
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases | 130 | 104 | 65 | 299 | |
HOUSE DRAINS— | |||||
Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 350 | 283 | 129 | 762 | |
Trapped or Ventilated | 427 | 212 | 113 | 752 | |
PRIVIES AND WATER CLOSETS— | |||||
Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 416 | 252 | 197 | 865 | |
Supplied with Water | .. | , , | .. | , , | |
.. | .. | .. | .. | ||
DUST BINS- | |||||
New provided | 151 | 98 | 36 | 285 | |
Repaired,Covered, &c. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
WATER SUPPLY— | |||||
Cisterns (new) erected | 20 | 12 | .. | 32 | |
Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, and Covered | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
MISCELLANEOUS- | |||||
NO. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th Clause of Sanitary Act, 1866 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
No. of Dust Complaints received and attended | 3925 | 2703 | 1195 | 7823 | |
Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse. | 172 | 150 | 124 | 446 | |
Removal of Animals improperly kept | 20 | 33 | 65 | 118 | |
Regularly Inspected. | .. | 36 | .. | ||
Licensed Cowhouses | .. | 12 | .. | .. | |
Licensed Slaughterhouses | .. | 11 | .. | .. | |
Other Proceedings, e.g. Legal Proceedings | .. | 91 | .. | .. | |
Small Pox | 9 | 9 | 22 | 40 | |
Fever | 246 | 162 | 104 | 512 | |
Dyphtheria | 12 | 13 | 2 | 27 | |
Diarrhœa | .. | 12 | .. | 12 |