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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 1871
The fifteenth annual report of the Vestry of the Hamlet Mile End Old Town in the county of Middlesex
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Sanitary Inpector's Retort of Works Executed
during the year 1870- 71.
Houses and premises connected with, new sewers
76
Old drains abolished
43
Traps provided to drains and closets
490
Houses cleansed and purified
133
Houses disinfected where small-pox had occurred...
194
Houses visited where contagious diseases had occurred
and notices left re contagious diseases
160
Foul drains cleansed
155
Dust bins provided
221
Accumulations of dung and refuse removed
24
Premises from which pigs were removed
10
Yards repaved
32
Dung pits abolished
3
In all cases coming to my knowledge I have removed
and properly disinfected (with the consent of the owners)
all bedding and clothing used by persons suffering from
small pox.
In addition to the above list all bakehouses have been
visited by me twice during the year and, whore necessary,
notices have been served requiring the owners to
limewhite and cleanse.
All the slaughter-houses and cow-houses in the
Hamlet are also visited, and, where necessary, improvements
effected.
HENRY LESHAW.