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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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INSPECTIONS, E tc . BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS— 1932— Continued.
| H. Abson. | G. Bottomley. | A. C. Brown | R. W. G. Day | T. W. Dee. | E. J. Edwards. | E. W. Flint. | | H. J. Green. | C. F. Guy. | H. O. Harris. | J. G. McCarthy. | R. Roper (Temporary). | W. Shepherd. | R. Simpson. | W. F. Smith. | S. H. V. Trimming. | W. T. Twynham. | S. Vogler | R. H. Waterman. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharves | 1,234 | 26 | - | - | 125 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,387 |
| Workplaces | - | 84 | 47 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 42 | 20 | 11 | - | 73 | 134 | 17 | 572 |
| Workshops | - | 170 | 175 | 170 | 100 | 29 | 82 | 160 | 243 | 83 | 55 | 12 | 137 | 148 | 121 | 8 | 239 | 429 | 110 | 2,471 |
| Bishopsgate Station | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 154 |
| Miscellaneous | - | 1,922 | 805 | 2,092 | 723 | 826 | 821 | 773 | 1,389 | 462 | 1,135 | 1,447 | 1,031 | 709 | 1,228 | 716 | 1,556 | 1,269 | 1,284 | 20,180 |
| Observations re Smoke Nuisance | - | 130 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 220 |
| Re-Visits | - | 2,078 | 1,398 | 1,299 | 1,434 | 1,634 | 1,453 | 2,719 | 2,125 | 1,706 | 1,834 | 1,466 | 1,746 | 3,581 | 1,330 | 2,310 | 2,861 | 1,573 | 2,552 | 35,099 |
| Intimations served | - | 716 | 796 | 629 | 429 | 903 | 628 | 1,095 | 563 | 498 | 778 | 570 | 731 | 1,108 | 651 | 986 | 1,141 | 836 | 764 | 13,822 |
| Statutory Notices served | - | 114 | 465 | 230 | 138 | 382 | 284 | 309 | 263 | 200 | 132 | 201 | 194 | 652 | 270 | 276 | 333 | 361 | 175 | 4,979 |
| Summonses taken out under Public Health (London) Act 1891. L.C.C. (General Powers) Acts, Bye-laws, etc. | - | - | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 8 | 2 | 12 | - | 70 |
| Food & Drugs (Adulteration) Act. No. of samples taken | - | 123 | 102 | 95 | 71 | 108 | 91 | 66 | 64 | 30 | 71 | - | 94 | 62 | 90 | 114 | 97 | 100 | 90 | 1,468 |
| Food & Drugs (Adulter-, ation) Act. No. of Summonses taken | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 8 | 23 |