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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 1897

Annual report upon the public health and sanitary condition of the District for the year 1897

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Table: TABLE 7. SUMMARY OF WORKS CARRIED OUT DURING THE YEAR BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.

TABLE 7. SUMMARY OF WORKS CARRIED OUT DURING THE YEAR BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.

No. 1 District. North Ward, North East Ward, South East Ward, c. COX.No. 2 District. North West Ward and East and West Centre Wards. F. H. LYON.No. 3 District. The whole of the South and West Wards. J. TWAITS.totals.
Houses and premises inspected1798103718564691
„ ,, reinspected2905148129187304
„ „ cleansed374358138
Bakehouses inspected and reinspected23403093
Bakehouses cleansed3249
Workshops inspected and reinspected6539351455
Workshops ventilated5055
„ cleansed421723
„ overcrowding in, abated3025
Workshops, additional W.C.'s provided to, for use of workpeople621018
Intimations of Nuisances served under Public Health Act5972106991506
Statutory notices served re Sanitary amendments15276267495
Notices re infectious diseases3813043921077
Drains tested3742454761095
„ found defective17386134393
„ reconstructed89103231423
„ cleansed and repaired1204491255
„ trapped (new stoneware gullies)130147229506
Drains provided to areas531998170
„ „ stables and stable yards22711
Sanitary closets provided in accordance with London County Council Bye Laws248170358776
W.C.'s provided with water and water supplies to closets reinstated27435111
W.C.'s ventilated and lighted2231237
„ new provided24814
„ water supply disconnected from domestic cistern173020
W.C.'s removed from unsuitable positions0033