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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
Bethnal Green 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]
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TABLE OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS (
| Other Miscellaneous Totals— | |
| Articles of Bedding, Clothing, &c. Disinfected | 6,914 |
| Rooms Disinfected | 1,139 |
| Articles of Bedding, Clothing, &c., Destroyed | 43 |
| Notices in respect of Dust Receptacles Served | 2,798 |
| Dustpails sold and delivered to various premises in the Parish (and the sum of £268 2s. 6d. in respect of same paid into the Vestry's Account) | 2,145 |
| Letters written | 1,763 |
| Persons called at the Offices respecting Notices served, Enquiries as to Works, &c. | 1,200 |
| Notices served in respect of Combined Drains | 51 |
| Cases of Combined Drains reconstructed by the Vestry | 17 |
| Houses Redrained by Vestry's men (and the sum of £21 recovered from the Owner) | 4 |
| Notices served on different Occupiers, and the Premises entered and the Drains opened up | 43 |
| Notices, Letters, &c., sent to the District Surveyors respecting Dangerous Structures, Bulged Walls, &c. | 119 |
| Dead Bodies on Sanitary Grounds removed to the Mortuary | 5 |
| Certificates under Section 48, Public Health Act, given in respect of 23 Premises and 9 Blocks of Buildings on the Boundary Street Estate | 22 |
| JOHN FOOT, | |