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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
Mile End 1893
Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1893
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WORKS CARRIED OUT BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS Under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in their respective districts.
| No. I District. East Ward and part of the North Ward. c. COX. | No. 2 District. Centre Ward and part of the North Ward. F. H. LYON | No. 3 District. The whole of the South and West Wards. J. TWAITS. | TOTALS. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses inspected | 1542 | 1476 | 1866 | 4884 |
| „ reinspected | 1702 | 2030 | 1985 | 5717 |
| „ cleansed | 124 | 183 | 182 | 489 |
| Intimations served | 494 | 414 | 624 | 1532 |
| Statutory notices served | 707 | 794 | 834 | 2335 |
| Notices re infectious diseases | 546 | 385 | 462 | 1393 |
| Drains tested | 244 | 169 | 182 | 595 |
| „ found defective | 110 | 90 | 97 | 297 |
| „ reconstructed and ventilated | 46 | 68 | 101 | 215 |
| „ cleansed and repaired | 90 | 97 | 79 | 266 |
| „ trapped | 283 | 650 | 760 | 1693 |
| „ provided to areas | 110 | 20 | 111 | 241 |
| „ (new) provided to stables | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| W.C. pans and traps (new) provided | 55 | 148 | 168 | 371 |
| W.C.'s provided with water | 48 | 137 | 150 | 335 |
| „ ventilated | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| „ disconnected from domesticcistern | 59 | 45 | 3 | 107 |
| Cisterns cleansed | 11 | 11 | 25 | 47 |
| Foul butts and cisterns abolished | 0 | 13 | 10 | 23 |
| Water-supplies reinstated | 9 | 22 | 5 | 36 |
| Yards paved | 148 | 278 | 354 | 780 |
| Wash-houses, forecourts and areas paved | 0 | 17 | 73 | 90 |
| Ashpits (new) provided | 180 | 279 | 329 | 788 |
| „ repaired and covered | 0 | 0 | 91 | 91 |
| Sink waste pipes disconnected from drain | 151 | 194 | 148 | 493 |
| Rain-water „ „ „ „ | 12 | 108 | 149 | 269 |
| Damp walls remedied | 2 | 25 | 10 | 37 |
| Houses ventilated under floors | 0 | 74 | 108 | 182 |
| Separate occupation of underground discontinued | 0 | 2 | 26 | 28 |
| Overcrowding abated (in dwellings) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Offensive accumulations removed | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Removal of animals (swine, &c.) improperly kept | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Miscellaneous repairs (floors, roofs, gutters, &c.) | 26 | 95 | 106 | 227 |
| Workshops inspected and reinspected | 104 | 81 | 536 | 721 |
| „ measured | 35 | 30 | 49 | 114 |
| Outworkers dwellings inspected | 144 | 65 | 30 | 239 |
| Workshops cleansed | 3 | 2 | 37 | 42 |
| „ ventilated | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| „ overcrowding in, abated | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Additional W.C.'s erected at workshops for the separate use of females | 3 | 1 | 12 | 16 |
| Summonses taken out | 14 | 18 | 20 | 52 |
| Summonses withdrawn (nuisance abated) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Magistrate's Orders obtained | 7 | 12 | 13 | 32 |
| Smoke nuisance abated | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Receptacles for dung provided | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Urinals reconstructed and provided with water | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Stables paved | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |