[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 37

Shoreditch 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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599 under that of Inspector Lear, 540 under Inspector Firth, 757 Inspector Jordan,
528 Inspector Langstone, and 569 under Inspector Pearson, In connection with
the work arising out of these notices 932 letters were sent to owners of property,
builders, and other parties concerned. Some 27,700 visits of inspection were made
during the year, exclusive of those made by the Medical Officer of Health and
Chief Sanitary Inspector. The premises inspected included milks hops, cowsheds,
slaughter-houses, cookshops and eating-houses, factories, workshops, outworkers'
premises, and others, including dwelling-houses and tenement buildings (Appendix).

Table: In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea as to the nature of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings of the people in Shoreditch, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—

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In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea as to the nature of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings of the people in Shoreditch, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—

	Chief Insp.	Insp. Lear.	Insp. Firth.	Insp. Jordan	Insp. Lang-stone.	Insp. Pearson.	Total
New drains constructed	5	3	2	8	1	..	19
Drains re-constructed or repaired	24	20	76	38	54	70	282
Sink waste pipes trapped and disconnected	..	13	95	99	15	57	279
Stack pipes re-instated	70	51	119	22	48	81	391
Eaves gutters re-instated	71	55	124	24	41	58	373
Stack pipes disconnected from drains	..	4	40	14	3	17	78
Accumulations of sewage dealt with	11	5	4	14	22	40	96
Cesspools abolished	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
New water closets constructed	9	2	18	61	3	8	101
Old water closets re-construeted or repaired	2	46	92	126	98	99	463
Water closets cleansed and white-washed	40	322	81	358	66	163	1030
Water closet flushing apparatus repaired	53	80	28	147	78	69	455
Obstructions in water closets removed	3	49	18	33	20	51	174
Overcrowding in houses abated	6	11	19	4	15	25	80
Damp courses in houses provided	..	3	8	1	..	2	14
Walls pointed	59	8	36	1	6	37	147
Roofs repaired	64	103	94	45	94	58	458
Stairs repaired	94	59	42	19	15	14	243
Floors repaired	90	117	32	34	27	55	355
Ventilation under floors provided	..	..	10	2	22	..	34
Doors repaired	86	15	10	18	16	3	148
Door cills provided	87	9	35	24	20	17	192
Sashes repaired	56	239	7	10	18	9	339
Houses cleansed throughout	173	56	36	72	42	52	431
Houses cleansed in part	68	132	323	39	216	202	980
Total number of rooms cleansed	1083	1023	957	765	718	618	5164
Yards or areas lime-washed	52	367	20	194	60	135	828
Yards paved	58	74	96	58	76	108	470
Areas of forecourts paved	16	11	23	..	4	18	72
New areas constructed	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
Sculleries paved	21	10	31	4	5	13	84
Dust receptacles provided	35	87	66	44	102	109	443
Dung receptacles provided	16	..	9	..	1	..	26
Insanitary cisterns removed	..	3	3	..	1	1	8

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Table: In the subjoined table is contained a summary giving an idea as to the nature of the work done for the abatement of nuisances and for improving the dwellings of the people in Shoreditch, which has been compiled from the abstracts of their work prepared by the sanitary inspectors:—