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 East Ham]
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Annual Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
To His Worship the Mayor, the Aldermen and Councillors
of the Borough of East Ham.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
I herewith beg to submit for your consideration my tenth
Annual Report of the work accomplished by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the year ended 31st December, 1904.
INSPECTION OF THE BOROUGH AND
REMOVAL OF NUISANCES.
In investigating complaints lodged, notifications of Infectious Diseases received, house-to-house inspections, etc., 3802 primary inspections were made as under: —
Manor Park Ward. | Plashet Ward. | Central Ward. | Beckton and N. Woolwich Ward. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 70 | 106 | 106 | 5 | |
February | 62 | 54 | 128 | 5 | |
March | 57 | 100 | 221 | 11 | 389 |
April | 86 | 72 | 207 | 33 | 398 |
May | 56 | 84 | 152 | 36 | 328 |
June | 99 | 80 | 142 | 25 | 346 |
July | 70 | 68 | 70 | 34 | 242 |
August | 78 | 80 | 90 | 19 | 267 |
September | 98 | 104 | 115 | 18 | 335 |
October | 77 | 99 | 99 | 38 | 313 |
November | 8O | 83 | 149 | 56 | 368 |
December | 60 | 71 | 130 | 19 | 280 |
Totals | 893 | 1001 | 1609 | 299 | 3802 |
Details and particulars of these inspections are entered in the
Inspector's Journal.
At 59 per cent. of the premises inspected, various works of
sanitary amendment were required to be executed to place the
houses in a sanitary condition.