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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

Stepney 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT— continued.

SANITARY INSPECTORS' REPORT— continued.

Lime-house.Mile End.St. George's.White-chapel.Inspection of Houses Let in Lodgings.Total.
Illegal occupation of underground rooms discontinued8123924386
Manure receptacles provided or reconstructed17151011...53
Offensive accumulations removed9931622726470
Workshops inspected122106260279...767
„ limewashed and cleansed215743186...307
,, ventilated and effluvium nuisances abated292051...82
Overcrowding in workshops abated1111914...45
Additional w.c. accommodation provided for workpeople38332438...133
Bakehouses inspected95636492...314
„ cleansed37463261...176
Smoke nuisances abated22171516...70
Animals kept so as to constitute a nuisance removed55119131
Cowhouses and slaughterhouses inspected18151536...84
Dairies and milkshops inspected46183357460...1046
Dead bodies removed to Mortuary4............4
Notices to L.C.C. re dangerous structures31............31
Free shelters inspected13............13
Canal boats inspected51............51
Re-visits12977104551338914947131553083
Areas drained...4.........4
Cisterns cleansed and covered...1......56
Occupation of shed as dwelling discontinued...1.........1
Urinal accommodation provided.........3...3
Damp walls............1515