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 VI.
Districts. | Total. | ||
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1 | 2 | ||
No. of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected, and particulars entered in Register | 966 | 1112 | 2077 |
No. of Re- Inspections | 2160 | 2991 | 6151 |
Results of Inspection— | |||
Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses & Premises | 956 | 1099 | 2065 |
Houses and Premises. &c., Cleansed, Repaired & Whitewashed | 236 | 468 | 704 |
Houses Disinfected after Infectious Diseases | 159 | 161 | 310 |
House Drains— | |||
Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 61 | 75 | 136 |
New Provided | 29 | 26 | 55 |
Trapped or Ventilated | 302 | 237 | 539 |
Stack Pipes and Waste Pipes Disconnected | 166 | 183 | 348 |
Privies and Water Closets- | |||
Repaired, Cleansed, &c. | 317 | 421 | 738 |
Supplied with Water and water Supply Apparatus | 353 | 411 | 764 |
New provided | 4 | .. | 4 |
Cesspools discovered and abolished | 2 | .. | 2 |
Water Supply— | |||
Houses provided with water supply | .. | 3 | 3 |
House supply Disconnected from closet Cistern | 32 | 17 | 49 |
Miscellaneous— | |||
Offensive Effluvia Abated | 18 | 44 | 62 |
Paving of Yards Repaired | 393 | 423 | 816 |
No. of Dust Complaints received and attended to | 276 | 418 | 694 |
Smoke Nuisances Abated | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Removal of accumulation of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal, and other Refuse | 14 | 40 | 64 |
Stables Paved and Drained | 2 | 13 | 16 |
Removal of Animals improperly kept | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Overcrowding Abated | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Illegal Occupation of Cellars Discontinued | 12 | 4 | 16 |
Bakehouses Regularly Inspected | 67 | 70 | 127 |
Fish Curing Premises ,, ,, | 22 | 43 | 65 |
Licensed Cowhouses ,, ,, | 23 | 19 | 42 |
Licensed Slaughterhouses ,, ,, | 6 | 11 | 17 |
Courts and Alleys Periodically Inspected | 41 | 41 | 82 |
Legal Proceedings under the Food and Drugs Act | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Fever Cases Visited and Disinfected | 104 | 168 | 262 |
Diphtheria Cases „ „ | 101 | 69 | 170 |
No. of Food Samples obtained and submitted to the Public Analyst | 76 | 55 | 131 |