[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 38

Shoreditch 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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of Inspector Pearson. In connection with the work arising out of these notices
some 823 letters were sent to owners of property, builders, and others concerned.
Some 29,076 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 milkshops, cowsheds, slaughter-houses, cookshops,
and eating houses, factories, workshops, outworkers' premises, schools,
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	1	11	10	6	33
Drains re-constructed or repaired	56	40	75	31	53	87	342
Sink waste pipes trapped and disconnected	..	21	102	94	14	45	276
Stack pipes re-instated	2	53	121	25	48	80	339
Eaves gutters re-instated	35	71	104	23	32	81	346
Stack pipes disconnected from drains	..	6	42	49	1	2	100
Accumulations of sewage dealt with	..	14	..	15	38	37	104
Cesspools abolished	..	2	2	..	1	6	11
New water closets constructed	1	39	2	19	35	9	105
Old water closets re-constructed or repaired	41	4'2	119	94	74	96	466
Water closets cleansed and white-washed	39	296	79	173	89	189	856
Water closet flushing apparatus repaired	3	67	38	134	76	80	398
Obstructions in water closets removed	1	33	23	19	22	50	148
Overcrowding in houses abated	..	16	39	8	26	28	117
Damp courses in houses provided	..	1	15	2	4	1	23
Walls pointed	33	6	19	2	5	48	113
Roofs repaired	29	71	79	56	77	86	398
Stairs repaired	13	24	35	26	6	15	119
floors repaired	14	49	17	30	13	72	195
Ventilation under floors provided	16	..	6	1	7	28	58
Doors repaired	9	15	1	21	10	8	64
Door cills provided	28	29	53	8	9	13	140
Sashes repaired	13	150	2	12	11	18	206
Houses cleansed throughout	100	37	24	52	22	24	259
Houses cleansed in part	71	125	278	36	75	201	786
Total number of rooms cleansed	385	718	727	603	597	607	3637
Yards or areas lime-washed	35	299	59	170	40	120	723
Yards paved..	31	72	117	64	67	128	469
Areas of forecourts paved	..	24	14	3	12	22	75
New areas constructed	..	3	..	..	..	8	11
Sculleries paved	15	1	42	4	7	13	82
Dust receptacles provided	39	64	96	56	69	93	417
Dung receptacles provided	..	..	5	3	2	4	14
Insanitary cisterns removed	..	2	3	..	••	••	5

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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 : —