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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 1895

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hamlet of Mile End Old Town]

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

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

No. i 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 inspected18781720l8l85416
„ „reinspected2734266630978497
„ „ cleansed398777203
Bakehouses inspected and re-inspected463245123
Bakehouses cleansed34714
Workshops inspected and re-inspected5866606730
Workshops measured1287696
„ notices served re number of employees allowed3626203265
Workshops cleansed004848
„ overcrowding in, abated001010
Worshops, additional W.C.'s provided to for use of workpeople111113
Intimations served under Section 3 Public Health Act9798981l623039
Statutory notices served re Sanitary amendments2372212 33691
Notices re infectious diseases3653353531053
Drains tested295236295826
„ found defective1028894284
„ reconstructed3711872227
„ cleansed and repaired1118583279
„ trapped (new stoneware gullies)3553794491183
Drains provided to areas1846284
„ „warehouses010010
„ „ stables and
stable yards114116
Sanitary closets provided in accordance with London County Council Bye Laws W.C.'s provided with water4895426551686
and water supplies to closets reinstatedl627158201
W.C.'s ventilated and lighted065359
„ new provided4004
„ disconnected from do
mestic cistern W.C's removed from unsuitable239941
positions022628